Because the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi culminated in Srinagar on Sunday amid a lot fanfare, many politicians and analysts felt it revealed the present temper of the folks of Jammu and Kashmir.
Although the Congress leaders have been claiming that there was nothing political in regards to the yatra, it was evident on floor that native occasion management used each alternative to convey a message in regards to the Congress and its relevance in J&Ok politics.
As per political analysts, the Congress is at its lowest level in J&Ok, particularly after former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad give up the occasion together with lots of of Congress staff.
As a number of leaders have rejoined the Congress in the course of the yatra itself, many see it because the revival of nationwide mainstream politics in Kashmir.
Publish-abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of J&Ok into two union territories, this yatra is taken into account as one of many first large political actions within the area by a prime nationwide politician.
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In J&Ok, Rahul touched 9 districts and spoke to a cross-section of individuals moreover vouching for the restoration of its statehood.
PDP president Mehbooba, who alongside together with her daughter and mom had participated within the yatra on Saturday, termed it a breather in J&Ok politics.
“Rahul Gandhi’s yatra comes like a breath of recent air in Kashmir. It’s for the primary time since 2019 that Kashmiris have come out of their properties in such huge numbers. It was an ideal expertise to stroll with him,” the PDP chief had tweeted.
The participation of Nationwide Convention (NC) president Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah additionally handed on a powerful message that in future, the Congress may act as a binding drive between the PDP and the NC – two large regional political events in J&Ok.
Nonetheless, inside the PDP and the NC, many leaders are against the thought of forming an electoral alliance like in 2020, when the PAGD had gained a number of DDC seats in J&Ok.
In the meantime, the opponents see nothing important on this yatra. “Rahul Gandhi is a giant chief. Individuals got here to see him like they arrive to see another nationwide chief. It gained’t maintain any significance on the bottom in J&Ok, the place the Congress has been decreased to a small political group,” mentioned Omar Kakroo, a senior Democratic Azad Celebration chief.
Congress leaders have admitted that the yatra has galvanised the occasion cadre in J&Ok. “Although the yatra wasn’t about political positive factors in any respect, it galvanised our cadres,” mentioned former JKPCC president Ghulam Ahmad Mir.
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One other younger politician of Kashmir, Waheed ur Rehman Parra, termed the yatra in Kashmir a revival of nationwide mainstream exercise. “It has undoubtedly revealed the temper of people who find themselves feeling choked. Individuals nonetheless have expectations that the bigger thought of India will reclaim itself. Kashmir desires a standard political dialog to begin,” he added.
Rahul has now develop into the second nationwide chief after abrogation of Article 370, who held a giant programme in J&Ok during which there was good participation from the locals.
Final 12 months, 1000’s had additionally turned as much as attend the rallies of Union house minister Amit Shah at Rajouri and Baramulla.
“The largest success of this (Bharat Jodo Yatra) rally is that locals have been holding nationwide flags with none drive or safety. That is what the yatra achieved in Kashmir,” Congress spokesperson Sheikh Amir mentioned.