many state congress leaders angry over giving 4 seats to nc in jammu division

Many state Congress leaders are angry with the National Conference being given four seats in the Jammu division in the last alliance for the assembly elections in Jammu Kashmir and their resentment has started to come to the fore. However, no one has formally contacted the leadership. In the seat sharing, Jammu North, Vijaypur in Samba district and Naushera and Kalakot Sunderbani seats in Rajouri district have gone to the National Conference’s account. Many leaders including state Congress chief spokesperson Ravindra Sharma, Uday Chib, MK Bhardwaj are said to be angry because they are being asked to contest from other seats. This is the reason why the party’s second list is stuck. The party has so far released the list of candidates only for the first phase. Both the parties will field their candidates on the Nagrota assembly seat.

Assembly elections are being held on 90 seats in the state. In a mutual agreement, Congress got 32 seats and NC got 51 seats. One seat was given to CPI (M) and one seat to Panthers. A friendly contest has been kept on five seats. It will be called the compulsion of the alliance that the seat of Banihal came in the account of former Subedar Vikar Rasool in a friendly contest. National Conference is also contesting on this seat. PDP President Mehbooba Mufti said that she will not contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, she told that even if she becomes the Chief Minister, she will not be able to fulfill the agenda of her party in the Union Territory.

The PDP president was asked if she had changed her mind on contesting the election after arch rival National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah made a U-turn on his stand of not participating in the polls until Jammu and Kashmir was made a Union Territory. Mehbooba said the PDP was fighting for a larger cause as it was the only party which implemented its agenda after coming to power.