Early Times Report
Jammu, June 28: Leaders of Jammu and Kashmir are of the view that the party should not ally with any other party in the Assembly elections in the Union Territory.
The statement given by J&K Congress Committee chief Vikar Rasool Wani after meeting with party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi was a clear indication that local leaders want to contest elections alone.
Wani said that Congress is the only party in J&K that has a base in all the 90 Assembly segments of the Union Territory.
In an effort to bring a truce between warring factions in the J&K unit of the party, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday warned that action will be taken against those found involved in encouraging factionalism.
The much-publicized meeting of the J&K Congress leaders with the top leadership of the party was held today in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Mallikarjun Kharge. Party leader Rahul Gandhi and All India General Secretary (Organization) K C Venugopal were also present in the meeting which lasted for two hours.
After t Vikar Rasool Wani has indicated that local leaders want to contest elections alone.
Wani has claimed that Congress is the only party in J&K that has a base in all the 90 Assembly segments.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has warned J&K leaders that action will be taken against those found involved in encouraging factionalism.
Congress had supported NC on three Parliamentary seats of Kashmir while NC supported Congress on two seats of Jammu province.
“All senior leaders from J&K including AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Congress Working Committee president Tariq Hamid Karra, and working president of J&K Congress Raman Bhalla were present in the meeting”, Wani said and asserted that Congress will form its own government in J&K.
Wani said that Congress is the only party in J&K that has a base in all the 90 Assembly segments of the Union Territory. He further added that Congress will fight the coming Assembly elections to form its own government in J&K.
Meanwhile, AICC general secretary in-charge J&K Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki said that all leaders frankly expressed their views regarding the coming Assembly elections.
Important to mention here that Congress has supported the National Conference on three Parliamentary seats of Kashmir Valley. The National Conference supported Congress on two Lok Sabha seats of Jammu province. | 