by Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
SRINAGAR: An afternoon newsbreak in a important Kashmir newspaper that veteran Gujjar leader, Mian Altaf Ahmad is unwell, may possibly not campaign and could give up his mandate brought on panic in Kashmir’s political class. It was the most talked about “thing” throughout party traces as his candidature from south Kashmir – Pir Panchal Lok Sabha constituency is currently being witnessed as JKNC’s masterstroke.
The panic could not spare even the JKNC Vice President, Omar Abdullah, who rushed to Kangan and observed his applicant. The “crisis” halted only following Mian Altaf issued a movie assertion that his son Mehran recorded and disseminated from his social media accounts.
The afternoon newsbreak advised the JKNC endured a “setback” as Mian Altaf may perhaps skip campaigning owing to his “poor health”, a improvement that could “cast a shadow in excess of his candidature” from difficult Pir Panchal berth. Physicians, the information report explained, have advised him to “rest” for 6 weeks, as was confirmed to the newspaper by Mian individually. “I won’t be able to marketing campaign or go out,” he told The Larger Kashmir.
Mian is the JKNC applicant from the Pir Panchal constituency which has an citizens on both facet of the mountain foothills delinked by language, ethnicity and roads. He is pitted versus Mehbooba Mufti, whose spouse and children has held the pre-delimitation constituency thrice, so far, only to be wrested by JKNC in 2019.
Folks began linking the newsbreak with several movies in which a couple folks have been read questioning the candidature of Mian Altaf, a Gujjar chief, whose family is respected for the religious management of the neighborhood for far more than four generations. A whisper marketing campaign prompt that Mian Altaf may be weighing the twin roles he is keeping for his group- a most highly regarded and unchallenged position as a religious leader, and the role of a contestant in which he could confront unpleasant inquiries.
Apparently, Mian Altaf, a extensive gentleman and a five-time lawmaker, has hardly engaged in tribal politics and has the standing of becoming a mainstream politician who rarely would make a distinction concerning tribes, ethnicities and faiths. Even so, his Lok Sabha candidature would get him out of the confines of Kangan to a broader landscape throughout the Pir Panchal exactly where the mountain divides much too numerous identities. At the same time, his spouse and children has remained a highly regarded clan inside of the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir. Before, the household was with Congress and then moved into the JKNC fold.
Mian Altaf’s skipping campaign could have significant penalties for Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest political occasion which has made a decision to revive its before standing of being the sole agent of Kashmir. It is contesting all a few Kashmir seats without anybody’s support or alliance, barring Congress, which retains a thin influence in Kashmir.
The predicament was tense for the full day till Omar drove to Kangan, and met the “ailing” chief, who finally issued a statement. The “disaster” was compounded by social media uploading a carpet-bomb commentary on the challenge.
In his virtually 200-next video, the Gujjar leader dispelled “rumours” and insisted that the status quo is retained. “I was unwell for the past several days. In the beginning, the physicians indicated I may perhaps be struggling from jaundice,” Mian stated in the movie. “However, it was proved by tests to be a scenario of gentle fever.”
The Gujjar chief mentioned he has recovered in the very last couple of days. “I will not back out from the Anantnag-Rajouri seat,” he insisted. “Omar Abdullah fulfilled me these days at my home and enquired about my wellbeing affliction. He did not take a look at to discuss political challenges but enquired about my wellness ailment only.”
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