Ahead of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, the Congress and the National Conference announced pre-poll alliance on Thursday. It was announced soon after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge met NC chief Farooq Abdullah. After the meeting was over, Farooq said that the Congress-NC will fight on all 90 seats in the assembly polls.
After meeting with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said the meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and the alliance is on track and it will go on well with God’s grace. “It is final, it will be approved by this eveningβ¦This (alliance) has been done on all 90 seats,” he said.
When asked if there are chances for National Conference and PDP to come together for J&K elections, NC president Farooq Abdullah said, “Congress and we (NC) are together. Tarigami sahab (CPM’s M.Y. Tarigami) is also with us. I hope that our people are with us so that we can win and do better for the peopleβ¦
