DMK chief MK Stalin, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, newly sworn-in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamla Nath, NC chief Farooq Abdullah, Karnataka Chief Minister ...
Newly-sworn in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath waves at the crowd during his swearing-in-ceremony, in Bhopal. Also seen are NC chief Farooq Abdullah (L), NCP chief Sharad ...
National Conference President Farooq Abdulla, former Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav and NCP President Sharad Pawar attend the swearing-in ceremony, at Albert Hall in Jaipu...
Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia shakes hands with National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah at Parliament during its Winter Session in New Delhi.
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav during the first day of the Winter Seesion of Parliament, in New Delhi.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Nationalist Congress leader Praful Patel at a meeting o...
Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Nationalist Congress lead...
National Conference (NC) Chairman Farooq Abdullah, CPI leader D Raja and DMK Rajya Sabha MP TKS Elangovan at an all-party meeting, ahead of the Winter Session of Assembly, in New D...
National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah pays tribute to BR Ambedkar on his death anniversary, in Jammu.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah during the inauguration of 'The Luxury Symposium 2018' conference, in New Delhi. BJP ...
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah at the release of the book "Fables of Fractured Times", authored by Congress leader Manish Te...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar addresses media persons after a meeting as National Conference President Farooq Abdullah and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naid...
NC president Farooq Abdullah pays tribute to his father-and-National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 36th death anniversary, in Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah and his party leaders address a press conference, at Party Headquarters in Srinagar. National Conference decided to ...
Former information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah and National Conference President and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah during an interactive session on 'Kashmir: Heaven on ...
Bihar Chief Ministers Nitish Kumar, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and National Congress’ Farooq Abdullah during the ‘Commemorative meeting for M Karunanidhi‘ at Nandhanam ...
Governor-designate of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik being received by former chief minister Farooq Abdullah, at Srinagar airport.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah with Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, CPI leader D Raja and others at an all party condolence meeting organised for...
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leaders and Former Chief ministers of J&K, Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah leaves the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after vi...
Vajpayee, centre, with his grand NDA alliance in ’03. It still wasn’t enough.
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Shazia Ilmi provides a much needed intervention in the uncritical reactions of fanfare in the Indian Express:
Carpe diem — that Latin phrase means ‘seize the day’. Omar, like a sharp politician did just that. He seized his last national opportunity to reach out to his political constituency at the time when elections loom large and when the hangover of clashes over Amarnath ceases to abate. The short speech managed to press the right hot buttons -- Muslim identity, Gujarat riots and Amarnath shrine land transfer debacle. Bingo — the speech was sharp and smart just like the much-focussed politics of Omar Abdullah and National Conference (NC). Nothing noble or lofty about it, as some would have us believe.
Here are some déjà vu moments that one must recall:
August 27, 2006; The Times of India: “My biggest regret is that I did not resign when V P Singh was the PM and he sent that team’ In a stinging attack on Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L. K. Advani over the 1999 Kandahar hijack episode, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah accused the then Prime Minister and Home Minister of compelling him to release Jaish-e-Mohammad founder Maulana Masood Azhar for which the “world will pay the price”. Abdullah, whose son Omar Abdullah was a minister during the NDA coalition’s rule: “I told Advani I am going to the Governor. And I went to Raj Bhavan with my resignation,” the then Chief Minister said. He, however, did not resign.
Wanting to resign and not quite being able to do is an art the National Conference has mastered. On the Gujarat riots, Omar insisted he should have resigned and he almost did, but not quite. Be it the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed , the Kandahar crisis, autonomy resolution for the state or the Gujarat riots, both Omar and his father have always managed to stop short of resigning! The pricking of their conscience in each case is almost always a tad late.
Read the full piece: Demagoguery apart
paapaa kahte hain
baRaa naam karegaa
achhe kaam karegaaa
achhe kaam karegaa
He was responding to how he felt after his son took over the reins of the state...
