Srinagar: The Congress and National Conference (NC) on Sunday ended their bitter-sweet partnership in an acrimonious manner, both claiming the decision to contest the assembly elections alone as its own. The Congress and NC were routed by the opposition PDP and BJP on all six seats in the recent Lok Sabha polls they had fought jointly in the state.
The elections are crucial for non-BJP parties which are still smarting from the drubbing they received in the recent Lok Sabha polls at the hands of the BJP. The Congress decision was announced by Ambika Soni, AICC general secretary and in-charge of J&K, at a press conference in Jammu.
After extensive talks with Congress leaders and workers at all levels, the party has come to the conclusion that we are going to fight the forthcoming assembly elections on our own strength”, she said.
She was accompanied by other Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz.
Minute’s later, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also the NC working president took to social media to announce that he had informed Congress President Sonia Gandhi 10 days ago that there will be no pre-poll alliance in the state.
The two parties had come together after the hung verdict in the 2008 assembly elections.
Although the coalition government almost completed its term, the sailing had not been smooth as second-rung leaders from both parties have indulged in public spats over many issues.
Bureau Report
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