The Congress party and the National Conference (NC) have finalised an agreement on seat sharing for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. According to the agreement, Congress will contest 32 of the 90 Assembly seats, while the National Conference will field candidates in 51 constituencies. The two parties have also agreed to a friendly contest on 5 seats, where they will not oppose each other. Meanwhile, Harsh Dev Singh-led Panthers Party and CPI (M) will field their candidates on one seat each.
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah along with Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal and J-K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra held a press conference and gave details about the seat-sharing agreement. Speaking at the presser, Abdullah said Congress and the National Conference will fight the elections together as they completed the negotiations and have coordinated in a very good cordial atmosphere. "It is a matter of great happiness that we started this campaign and that both of us will fight together against those forces who are trying to divide people here. The whole country and INDIA alliance was formed so that we can fight those forces who want to communalize, divide and break the country," he added.
KC Venugopal on Congress-NC alliance
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Venugopal claimed that the BJP is trying to destroy the soul of Jammu and Kashmir the I.N.D.I.A alliance's main objective is to save the soul of the Union Territory. Congress and National Conference are coming together to make a government in Jammu-Kashmir which is totally friendly with the people of the UT. We have done a discussion in accordance and we entered into a formula which our leaders will share now. We will fight together, we will win J-K. We will form the government in Jammu and Kashmir," he added.
Five seats on which NC-Congress will have friendly contests
- Doda
- Nagrota
- Banihal
- Sopore
- Bhaderwah
J-K Assembly polls 2024
The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the schedule for upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Polling to elect 90 members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will take place in three phases. The elections will be held on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The results of the polls will be announced on October 4. It will be the first election in the valley since provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution were abrogated and the erstwhile state divided into two Union Territories in 2019.
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