WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Amreeki aiwan-e-numaindgan ke speaker Mike Johnson ne Saturday ko kaha ke unhon ne "intikhabat ki raat ke foran baad" faisla kar liya tha ke woh agli Congress mein Republican qiyadat ke umeedwar nahin honge. Unhon ne Fox News ko bataya ke "jab halaat bigrein to qaideen ko zimmedari qubool karna parti hai".
3 November ke wast-e-muddati intikhabat ke baad, jin mein Democrats ne aiwan-e-numaindgan aur Senate dono jeet liye, apne pehle television interview mein Johnson ne kaha ke Republicans ne "apna sab kuch laga diya" lekin tareekh ko na badal sake. Unhon ne kaha, "Hamein nataij pasand nahin. Mera hamesha se maanna raha hai ke haqeeqi qiyadat aage barh kar rehnumai karti hai, aur jab halaat bigrein to qaideen ko zimmedari qubool karna parti hai, chahe woh infiradi taur par is ke mustahiq hon ya na hon."
Unhon ne bataya ke speaker ki haisiyat se unhon ne itna safar kiya ke duniya ke 14 chakkar lag jaate, taqreeban 750 intikhabi taqreebat ki qiyadat ki, aur aiwan ke Republicans ke liye taqreeban 90 crore dollar jama kiye. Unhon ne kaha, "Main is jiddojehad mein shamil rahunga, lekin agli Congress mein aqliyati rehnuma ke bajaye kisi aur kirdar mein."
"Ghalat intikhab"
Monday ko un ka lehja mukhtalif tha, jab unhon ne Capitol Hill par sahafiyon se kaha tha ke unhein "afsos hai ke voters ne ghalat intikhab kiya" aur pesh goi ki thi ke Democratic aiwan ke tehat agle do saal "kisi had tak aik circus" honge.
Aiwan ke Republicans ne is hafte Ohio se taalluq rakhne wale Judiciary Committee ke chairman Jim Jordan ko nayi Congress mein apna rehnuma chun liya, jahan woh aqliyat mein honge. Senate ke Republicans ne John Thune ko barqarar rakha hai.
January mein nayi Congress ke ijlas tak Democrats kam az kam 55 Senate nashiston aur aiwan ki 256 nashiston ki jaanib barh rahe hain, jabke aiwan ki chand nashiston par ginti jaari hai aur Louisiana ki do nashiston ka faisla agle maah run-off mein hoga. Unhon ne Alaska ki governorship bhi jeet li, jo 1998 ke baad wahan un ki pehli kamyabi hai.
Democrats ko bhi qiyadat ke aik muqable ka saamna hai. Maryland ke Chris Van Hollen Senate mein Democratic qiyadat ke liye Chuck Schumer ko challenge kar rahe hain, jis ke liye 1 December ko band kamre mein voting hogi, jabke aiwan mein Democratic rehnuma Hakeem Jeffries ke speaker banne ki tawaqqo hai.
