Lok Sabha polls: NC, Congress finalise seat-sharing pact for Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that he is yet to decide on contesting the elections after his new party announced his candidature.
The Congress and the National Conference on Monday announced its seat-sharing arrangement for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the Lok Sabha elections.
Both parties are constituents of the INDIA bloc, which is a coalition of Opposition parties taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said that his party will contest from all three Lok Sabha constituencies in the Kashmir region: Anantnag-Rajouri, Srinagar and Baramulla.
The Congress will be fielding its candidates from the two seats in the Jammu region – Udhampur and Jammu – as well as the lone seat in Ladakh.
कांग्रेस और नेशनल कॉन्फ्रेंस जम्मू-कश्मीर और लद्दाख की 6 सीटों पर मिलकर चुनाव लड़ेगी।
3 सीटों पर कांग्रेस और 3 पर नेशनल कॉन्फ्रेंस के उम्मीदवार चुनाव लड़ेंगे।
हमें विश्वास है कि इन 6 सीटों पर INDIA गठबंधन की जीत होगी।
: नेशनल कॉन्फ्रेंस के उपाध्यक्ष @OmarAbdullah जी pic.twitter.com/5JceVeu3FV— Congress (@INCIndia) April 8, 2024
The development comes a day after the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, which is also part of the INDIA bloc, announced its candidates for all three parliamentary seats in Kashmir. Party chief Mehbooba Mufti is contesting from the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.
Mufti also declared her party’s “unconditional support” to the Congress and said that it would not contest in Jammu, The Hindu reported.
On Wednesday, Mufti said that...
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