People of J&K has to decide A,B,C team of J&K : Rana
5 Dariya News (Tariq Bhat)
Jammu 21-Apr-2013
Provincial President & MLC National Conference Mr Devender Singh Rana on Sunday declared that it will be the people of Jammu and Kashmir and nobody else to decide who will form A, B or C team in the state’s politics. “National Conference has been, is and will continue to remain a major player in the state which it has nurtured by offering innumerable sacrifices”, Mr Rana said while referring to the statement of Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz about Congress to emerge as A team in 2014 elections. Mr Rana was addressing a day-long convention of the nominated Presidents and office bearers of the 71 wards of the Jammu city at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan here this morning. The Provincial President said he held Prof Soz in high esteem and reminded him of the chequered history of National Conference which he (Soz) knew more than anybody else. “Alliance of National Conference with Congress is not for the sake of power but the relationship of mutual understanding on the high principles of secularism and democracy which dates back to the times of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru-Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, Sher-e-Kashmir-Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi- Dr Farooq Abdullah and now Omar Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi. “While carrying forward this legacy of mutual respect and understanding, National Conference has never dithered from its belief in the power of the people of Jammu and Kashmir who are the real fountain of power”, Mr Rana said, hoping all those striving for the public good should understand it in unequivocal measure. The Provincial President said National Conference has always been a force to reckon with, be it in 2002 and 2008. “Despite emerging as single largest party with 28 members in the Legislative Assembly in 2002, National Conference decided to sit in Opposition just because it felt that the people had not mandated the party to power”, he said, adding that this made the C team of Peoples Democratic Party to form the Government in alliance with B team of the time—the Congress.