x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Doctors - The Unsung Heroes of Healthcare | WHEN RS 10 FEELS EXPENSIVE ON A CART, BUT NOT IN A CAFE | Urdu For Naib Tehsildar Recruitment Test | Yatri Niwas in Srinagar | LG Sinha inaugurates SASB Yatri Niwas at Pantha Chowk | LG launches campaign for zero-waste pilgrimage | 'Amarnath Yatra arrangements upgraded' | Heroin worth Rs. 420 crore seized in Rajasthan; Pak-based smuggler, Canada handler named | Within minutes after formation of PAC, NC mocks Sajad Lone’s new political front as ‘BJP’s B-Team’ | CM Omar calls for revival of buyer-creator relationship at SKICC Meet | Salal Dam gates opened amid rising Chenab Water levels | DGP chairs joint security review meeting in Anantnag, visits key areas | Major reshuffle in ACB J&K | From warzone to homeland: Kashmiri students hail India’s rescue mission with tricolour cheers | Security Forces bolster security with hi-tech gadgets | Token distribution for registration begins | Security Forces conduct joint mock drill | India woman footballer Soumya undergoes surgery after nasal bone fracture | Lack of variety in India's bowling attack is concerning: Chappell | National-level minor boxer alleges sexual harassment by woman coach | | MCM launches workshop on Skill Development, Entrepreneurship | GDC Kathua honours NCC Cadet Mohit Kanathia with grand welcome ceremony | Missing person traced from Pallanwala within 2 days | JKHCBAJ unveiles Portrait of Maharaja Hari Singh ji, inaugurated | Four JKAS Officers transferred In Transport Dept Reshuffle | J&K police arrest 87 in drug crackdown, seize narcotics worth Rs 2.42 Cr | Gross GST collections double in 5 years to record Rs 22.08 trillion in FY25 | Srinagar police attaches residential property worth Rs 50 lakh | SKUAST-K holds workshop in Gurez to promote revival of heritage crops | Reasi police solves two theft cases in Katra, accused arrested, stolen property | Union Minister Piyush Goyal to lead transformative FTII Traders conclave | Congress holds impressive Jai Hind Yatra in Poonch City, salutes armed forces, martyrs | Warm, affectionate farewell accorded to retirees of Agriculture Department Jammu | DC Shopian inspects work of rural development projects at Keller | Former JKNPP leaders, senior workers join Apni Party | Committee on Petitions holds meeting in Srinagar | 6000 students participate in NMMSS examination | Ladakh PM Vishwakarma artisans participate in MSME Day celebration | Vi Business’s ready for next - India’s largest digital advisory celebrates growth on MSME day | Indian Army pays tribute to Ex-Serviceman | Civil Defence, Jammu started 5 days CD training programme | Warm send off accorded to Sardar Dharminder Singh Bhargav Head Pharmacist from DHS-J | JKEDI concludes second batch of MDPs in 10 districts | Handicrafts, Handloom Deptt condoles demise of father of Mussrat Islam | IGNOU launches certificate programme for Nurse Managers to Strengthen Managerial Competencies in Nursing Services | Back Issues  
 
news details
Azad's DPAP 'Outrightly Rejected' by people, punished for 'Idea Of Leaving Cong': JKPCC chief Karra
8/19/2024 9:59:51 PM
Agencies
NEW DELHI, Aug 19: The Congress is open to talks with like-minded parties to strike a "respectable alliance" for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls but the parameters for such a tie-up would be different from the Lok Sabha elections, the party's newly-appointed Jammu and Kashmir chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Monday.
In an interview with PTI, Karra also said Ghulam Nabi Azad's Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) had been "outrightly rejected" by the people, who "punished" the outfit for the "idea of leaving the Congress".
The former MP said "restoration of statehood" was of "paramount" importance for the Congress and accused the Centre of taking the "unconstitutional" step of relegating a state to a Union Territory (UT).
Karra, who became the Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief last week, replacing Vikar Rasool Wani, said a call was already there for all secular parties opposed to the "hegemonic attitude" of the BJP to unite.
Asked if the Congress would align with parties such as the National Conference (NC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Karra said, "The previous coalition (for parliamentary polls) had different parameters; it was at the national level and parameters are always different between parliamentary elections and assembly elections." "So, we will have to talk within ourselves also, to my leadership in Jammu and Kashmir. We have been given assurances by the leadership here in Delhi that there shall be a respectable alliance because the parameters fixed at that time (parliamentary polls) were different that I don't think would be applicable this time," he told PTI.
"We have to start discussions immediately after assuming charge and I have to have discussions with my colleagues and then only we will decide. We are open to talks with like-minded parties that are fighting against the hegemonic attitude of the BJP. We are open to that. We have to have a respectable alliance but the parameters are different this time," Karra asserted.
Later, after his arrival in Srinagar, Karra said the NC and the PDP had opened channels with the Congress' central leadership for talks over an alliance in the assembly polls.
"To my knowledge, the NC has already approached the central leadership for an alliance," he told reporters.
Asked if the PDP had approached the Congress for an alliance, he said, "At some level, talks have happened." The NC and the Congress forged an alliance for the Lok Sabha polls. However, Mehbooba Mufti's PDP was not part of the alliance and had accused the NC of violating the spirit of the Gupkar alliance.
Karra (69) belongs to a prominent political family from Srinagar. He joined the Congress in 2017 after quitting the Mehbooba Multi-led party.
He was a strong critic of the PDP-BJP alliance.
Karra won the Lok Sabha election from Srinagar in 2014, handing NC's Farooq Abdullah his first electoral defeat in four decades.
"I have been appointed PCC (Pradesh Congress Committee) chief at this juncture and I am very happy that the Congress party as a whole, Mr Rahul Gandhi and Mr Kharge in particular, have bestowed trust in me. Now I don't think there is any time to take on other organisational work. It is time to jump into the election fray directly," Karra told PTI.
As far as the prospects of the Congress are concerned, Karra said former party chief Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra earned huge goodwill in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Even in the parliamentary elections, which were fought on that goodwill factor, we did not get any direct benefit of that but others did get the benefit of that goodwill factor of Rahul Gandhi," Karra said.
"I am very optimistic that the environment there, the mood of the people, the national scenario, factoring in all those, the Congress will fare very well in the coming elections," he asserted.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU