JAMMU, DEC 7: All the major political parties, with the sole exception of the ruling National Conference, are in a state of disarray in Jammu and Kashmir even as the way has been cleared for the Lok Sabha elections. No wonder, it is only the National Conference, led by Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah which has demanded simultaneous poll in the State with the rest of the country in the State. No other party has even reacted to the decision of the Election Commission to defer the elections from the State.The Commission had apparently taken into consideration the weather conditions and security aspects for deferring the elections but the political leaders here expect the elections for the six seats from the state to take place no later than April next.The National Conference, which secured a sweeping victory in the Assembly elections last year, had boycotted the previous Lok Sabha elections held in the state. The Congress had bagged four seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal had secured one each. Though the claim by Abdullah that his party would win all the six seats with massive margins may be a slight exaggeration, given the present state of the other political parties, it is beyond doubt that the National Conference would be the biggest gainer if the elections are held in the state during the next few months. ``This would be inspite of the rathar unsatisfactory report card during the one year of the Farooq Abdullah regime'', admits a party leader. In fact, the lack of the revival of political activity in the state after the Assembly elections, both by the ruling party and the opposition parties, has been one of the major failures of the government. This is in sharp contrast to the revival of such activity in Punjab soon after the installation of the Beant Singh government.
