Omar : The last Abdullah?
It would be a cliche’ to say that history repeats itself and the cliche’ seems to be spot on so as to speak for the iron fist rule of the Abdullah dynasty in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Every ruling giant has one time or the another seem to crumble and crash with a magnificent bang in the recent past, be it the Soviet Union which took with itself many other nations under its own rubble of great promises of a great future which was not to be or be it the Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq which came down as we saw it happening or to speak in recent terms the extermination of Hosni Mubarak’s political rule from the face of Egyptian soil. The aforementioned ominous signs seem to have been haunting the Abdullahs for the past twenty years of turmoil but fate or clever politics has made sure that the Abdullahs remain in affixed in the political scenario.
If we talk about the happenings in J&K for the past three years, everything has not been “hunky-dory” for the Omar Abdullah government .The first false step dates back to the double rape in Shopian which caused a domino-effect of many such gruesome events which happen to have transpired of which the yearlong unrest and killings will stand out as a testament. But the fray didn’t end there, the current National Conference-Congress coalition has been in the hot water all year long: the controversial MLC elections in which cross voting took place, Afzal Guru’s mercy petition , Legislative Assembly ruckus and the latest occurrence of similar nature is the mysterious death of NC worker Mohammad Yusuf Shah and his proximity to the Abdullahs upon which Omar has been accused of murder and a judicial probe will be under way. It would not be far-fetched to say the Omar may also hand over his resignation due to imminently growing pressure by the opposition of a fair judicial trial.
Fate may also be not on the side of Abdullahs as it is known the before the birth of Omar Abdullah, his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah had asked Moulana Masoodi ,a prominent priest/politician to foretell the length of the reign of his family and interestingly the answer by Moulana Masoodi was “umar tak(meaning till a lifetime)” but the clairvoyant’s message maybe indicating towards Omar being the anchorman of the Abdullahs political relay. Furthermore, the current ruling party is more in trouble for corruption charges and human rights violations than for the clairvoyance of a priest.
India in its history has seen the rise and fall of many larger than life rulers and leader but the inadvertent truth of abdication is ever present and maybe lurking near the corner for NC and more importantly the Abdullah dynasty.
It would be a cliche’ to say that history repeats itself and the cliche’ seems to be spot on so as to speak for the iron fist rule of the Abdullah dynasty in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Every ruling giant has one time or the another seem to crumble and crash with a magnificent bang in the recent past, be it the Soviet Union which took with itself many other nations under its own rubble of great promises of a great future which was not to be or be it the Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq which came down as we saw it happening or to speak in recent terms the extermination of Hosni Mubarak’s political rule from the face of Egyptian soil. The aforementioned ominous signs seem to have been haunting the Abdullahs for the past twenty years of turmoil but fate or clever politics has made sure that the Abdullahs remain in affixed in the political scenario.
If we talk about the happenings in J&K for the past three years, everything has not been “hunky-dory” for the Omar Abdullah government .The first false step dates back to the double rape in Shopian which caused a domino-effect of many such gruesome events which happen to have transpired of which the yearlong unrest and killings will stand out as a testament. But the fray didn’t end there, the current National Conference-Congress coalition has been in the hot water all year long: the controversial MLC elections in which cross voting took place, Afzal Guru’s mercy petition , Legislative Assembly ruckus and the latest occurrence of similar nature is the mysterious death of NC worker Mohammad Yusuf Shah and his proximity to the Abdullahs upon which Omar has been accused of murder and a judicial probe will be under way. It would not be far-fetched to say the Omar may also hand over his resignation due to imminently growing pressure by the opposition of a fair judicial trial.
Fate may also be not on the side of Abdullahs as it is known the before the birth of Omar Abdullah, his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah had asked Moulana Masoodi ,a prominent priest/politician to foretell the length of the reign of his family and interestingly the answer by Moulana Masoodi was “umar tak(meaning till a lifetime)” but the clairvoyant’s message maybe indicating towards Omar being the anchorman of the Abdullahs political relay. Furthermore, the current ruling party is more in trouble for corruption charges and human rights violations than for the clairvoyance of a priest.
India in its history has seen the rise and fall of many larger than life rulers and leader but the inadvertent truth of abdication is ever present and maybe lurking near the corner for NC and more importantly the Abdullah dynasty.
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