Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) has officially deployed the ultimate weapon in modern Indian politics: the RSVP. Invites are out for a grand statehood protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, but back home in Jammu & Kashmir, the opposition isn’t just declining; they are booing from the gallery.
Local rivals are calling foul, accusing the NC of running a one-man show where “consensus” is a foreign concept. Critics are panning the Delhi trip as pure political melodrama, suggesting that if the NC truly wanted to make a statement, they’d trade the comfortable lawns of the national capital for the crisp breeze of Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
The real comedy, however, lies in the messaging. While opposition leaders receive invites intended to paint the NC as a fierce vanguard of the INDIA bloc, the political grapevine whispers a different story: one of quiet, desperate attempts to appease the BJP.
Ultimately, the fight for statehood has undergone a magical transformation—morphing from a genuine struggle for the empowerment of J&K’s people into a glossy tool for public appeasement, all while ensuring the NC’s own political survival remains center stage.
