The panchayat leaders admitted to meeting with the PDP candidate over tea but claimed that they said a categorical “no” to Beigh's request for support in view of the directive from Congress high command to work for alliance candidate, Shariq.
Several Congress leaders and associates have admitted that the party supporters did not vote en bloc for the National Conference candidates in the three Lok Sabha seats of the Valley.
Congress leader and Tourism Minister Ghulam Ahmad Mir admitted that the party leaders could not motivate their cadres to vote for National Conference candidate in Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency which went to polls on April 24.