WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Riyasat Maryland se taalluq rakhne wale Senator Chris Van Hollen ne kaha hai ke woh nayi Congress mein Senate ke Democrats ki qiyadat ke liye Chuck Schumer ko challenge karenge. Yun midterm intikhabat mein Democrats ke dono ewanon ka control hasil karne ke baad party ki Senate qiyadat ke liye dahaiyon mein pehla muqabla hone ja raha hai.
67 saala Van Hollen ne ek bayan mein kaha: “Amreeki awam ne tabdeeli ka mutalba kiya hai. Ab yeh hamari zimmedari hai ke hum is lamhe ke taqaze poore karein, aur is ke liye humein nayi qiyadat darkar hai. Yeh kisi ek shakhs ka maamla nahin balke Amreeki awam ki pukar ka jawab dene ka maamla hai.”
2017 se Senate mein Democrats ki qiyadat karne wale 75 saala Schumer ne kaha ke woh “apne caucus ke mustaqbil ke baare mein kisi bhi behas” ka khairmaqdam karte hain. Unhon ne kaha: “Mujhe fakhr hai ke hum ne mil kar kya hasil kiya hai — 55 nashistein aur ginti jari hai, yeh ek shandar natija hai — aur Democratic Leader ke taur par kaam jari rakhne ke liye mere paas votes maujood hain.”
Voting December ke awail mein band kamre mein khufia raye shumari ke zariye hogi. Kamyab ummeedwar 4 January ko nayi Congress ke ijlas ke saath aksariyati leader ka uhda sambhalega.
Kaun kis ke saath hai
Democrats ke saath caucus karne wale azad Senator Bernie Sanders aur Michigan se muntakhib Senator Abdul El-Sayed ne Van Hollen ki himayat ki hai. Sanders ne kaha ke Van Hollen “taqatwar mafadati groupon ke samne khade honge, arab pati tabqe ka muqabla karenge aur mehnatkash khandanon ke liye ladenge.” El-Sayed ne kaha ke nayi aksariyat ko “jurat mand qiyadat” ki zaroorat hai.
Kayi senators ne Schumer ka saath diya hai. Nevada ki Jacky Rosen ne kaha ke Schumer ke paas “is aham mod par hamare mutanawwe caucus ki qiyadat jari rakhne ka tajurba aur hausla” hai. Democrats ke saath caucus karne wale ek aur azad senator, Maine ke Angus King ne sawal uthaya: “Jab aap abhi World Series jeete hon to manager ko kyun nikalenge?”
Van Hollen ne khud ko party ke baayen baazu mein rakha hai. 2024 mein unhon ne Israel ko aslahe ki tarseel mehdood karne ki himayat ki aur Ghaza jang par Biden intezamiya par tanqeed ki, jabke woh Israel se taalluqat par Schumer ko bhi tanqeed ka nishana banate rahe hain. Unhon ne tasleem kiya hai ke woh is muqable mein “kamzor ummeedwar” hain, lekin kaha ke muqabla “abhi bohat ghair yaqeeni” hai.
Schumer ko ab bhi mazboot ummeedwar samjha ja raha hai. Reports ke mutabiq unhon ne party ke kayi kamyab ummeedwaron ko maidan mein utara aur unke liye funds jama kiye, aur is hafte pehle 100 dinon ka mansooba pesh kiya jis mein sehat aur tariff se mutaliq qanoon sazi aur Iran jang rukwane ki koshishein shamil hain. Republican janib, senators ne midterm intikhabat mein shikast ke bawajood John Thune ko badastoor apna leader barqarar rakha.
