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Amid RS poll bugle, Cong factions fight to establish supremacy 1/21/2015 11:19:39 PM ET Report SRINAGAR, Jan 21: Election Commission of India (ECI) issuing notification for Rajya Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir has intensified the tussle between the two factions of state Congress as the incumbent Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Chief (JKPCC) Prof Saifuddin Soz is trying his best to retain his seat, while a group favouring the former union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that Azad takes over the reins of the Congress party in the state. Sources told Early Times that the Congress high command has already indicated that it would like the former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to head the state Congress. "The high command is annoyed with Soz due to the dismal performance of the party during the recent state elections. Congress won only 12 seats this time, while the party had earlier won 17 seats. It lost two important assembly segments in Kashmir which include Kokernag and Dooru wherein both the contesting candidates held important portfolios in the outgoing coalition," sources added. After the Congress's defeat in the state, sources said, the leaders in their own capacity had written to high command about the main reasons for the party's debacle. "State Congress activists have alleged that Prof Soz used different yard sticks for awarding mandates to the candidates in the recent assembly polls," said a source. One of the Congress leaders told this newspaper that some active Congress voices were ignored and they did not quit the party after Azad's intervention. The Congress activists have also alleged that Soz ignored them and undermined their efforts. Some party leaders, while wishing not to be named said that the high command is also dismayed over Soz not allowing it to declare the chief ministerial candidate for J&K during the poll campaigns. Soz had reportedly asked the party leadership not to declare Ghulam Nabi Azad as the chief ministerial candidate. Soz had camped in Delhi for more than 15 days to ensure that Azad is not projected as the CM candidate. Finally, the Congress was left faceless during the J&K polls.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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