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| At last Indian plane takes Nazir to an Indian hospital in Indian capital | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 26: National Conference General Secretary, Sheikh Nazir would have never imagined, not even in his wildest dreams that his ailing heart will force him to seek treatment at a place that he never visited in his life for `political reasons'.
Sheikh Nazir has never visited New Delhi. He has never boarded an Indian Airlines Plane. In an interview with a local magazine two months ago, Nazir gave reasons for what people call his strange behavior. "My heart is in right place. I have always fought India. Therefore, I have never visited New Delhi. And, I am not interested having a `joy ride' in an Indian place."
But when his heart missed a beat, Nazir received the shock of his life. He was flown to the Indian capital in an Indian place. Nazir is now in `enemy country' and the `enemy' doctors are trying their best to put his heart back in the right place.
People close to Nazir ascribe several reasons to his heart ailment. According to them, Nazir was ignored by the National Conference leadership during the Plebiscite Front Movement and after the Indra-Abdullah accord. "He lived in isolation all these years", they said.
However, Nazir gained importance last year when the National Conference received a severe setback by losing scores of assembly seats to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). After living in virtual hibernation for decades together, Nazir became the new poster boy for the organization. He was seen kicking off the party's membership campaign in Budgam district last year. He addressed several meetings in the Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan here during the past few months. The media attention perhaps affected his heart adversely. He suffered a heart attack.
While in Srinagar, Nazir lives in his room at Soura. He sleeps on a dingy bed beneath which lies a box containing vital documents on Kashmir history. So far he has not shared his treasure with anybody. And, according to his relatives, he has no plans to write a book on Kashmir.
The ailment, it is believed, may change him. He has already visited Delhi and boarded an Indian plane. The heart does control the brain but some times it goes astray and lands the person in trouble. Some one has rightly said: "Dil to pagal hai."
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