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Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 2: It's now clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sidelined BJP national president Amit Shah and BJP national general secretary and the party's pointman on J&K Ram Madhav and made PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to agree to form Government in the State.
A report from New Delhi in this regard said: "Surprisingly, it took just a 25-minute meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mehbooba to pull their tottering alliance back from the brink of collapse. The ease with which seemingly intractable problems have disappeared, as if with a wave of Modi's magic wand, raises questions as to why the impasse was allowed to stretch for 11 long weeks even as the Valley hurtled towards renewed militancy fuelled by popular anger".
The report further said: "It is evident from the way events have unfolded that larger geo-political considerations ultimately trumped the BJP's narrow partisan ambitions in J&K. According to those familiar with the developments, several factors, both internal and external, weighed in to prod Modi to intervene personally and make one last attempt to break the deadlock himself instead of leaving it to his party.
Not just this. The report further said: "The flashpoint was Mehbooba's abrupt departure from Delhi last week without meeting Modi at the appointed time. Highly placed sources said Modi waited for her at Race Course Road, even delaying his scheduled departure for Jaisalmer, after interlocutors BJP president Amit Shah and general secretary Ram Madhav assured him that they had got Mehbooba to fall in line. The real story was quite different. Although Mehbooba had indicated to Shah the night before that she was not averse to taking over as CM, she wanted a private word with the PM before her final decision. The BJP prepared a draft of joint statement to be issued after she met with Modi but refused to consider her reservations about the wording".
The report went on to say that the Prime Minister instead of considering the feedback given to him by the party leaders depended more upon the State Governor NN Vohra's feedback. "While Modi waited for her, Mehbooba was trying to decide whether she should meet him or not. Finally, she opted against it and flew back to Kashmir. It is to Modi's credit that he did not take her no show personally…He instead telephoned Vohra for direct feedback. The phone call set the ball rolling for Mehbooba and Modi to meet despite hardline noises emanating from Ram Madhav and other BJP leaders about the alliance being 'as good as over' and 'no renegotiation'' of the agenda of governance," the revealing report in this regard said.
According to this revealing report, three factors motivated the Prime Minister to break the logjam in J&K over the Government formation. One: "Three factors seem to have weighed on Modi's mind, prompting him to take the situation in hand himself. One was Governor Vohra's advice that a civilian Government take charge in J&K sooner rather than later…Vohra was keen that the Government assume office before the capital shifts back to Srinagar in April".
Two: "Similar advice came from the army and security forces who are anticipating a summer of discontent in the Valley. They do not want to be in the direct line of fire and are believed to have pressed hard for a return to civilian rule as a buffer to insulate the army from any backlash".
Three: "The third factor is Modi's upcoming visit to Washington. He flies to the US capital on March 30 at the personal invitation of US President Barack Obama to attend the Nuclear Safety Summit. Obama has issued a similar invitation to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The summit is a one-day affair on March 31 and expectations are high that Modi and Sharif will meet for bilateral talks on April 1 under the benign watch of the Americans and Kashmir will be on the table this time among a host of other issues. Modi's hands will obviously be strengthened, both with the Americans and with the Pakistanis, with a credible elected Government in Srinagar".
Sharif couldn't visit Washington because of the suicide attack on the Christians in Lahore - attack which resulted in the gruesome killing of more than 70 persons, including women and children, and left more than 300 others wounded, some of them very seriously.
All this only suggests that Amit Shah & Co were almost sidelined by the Prime Minister and that it was his direct intervention that paved way for the formation of the PDP-BJP coalition Government with the PDP leading the Government for the remaining term of almost five years and the BJP playing the B-team role. |
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