Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections: Congress, National Conference announce seat-sharing arrangement for polls
The Congress and National Conference have reached an agreement on Jammu and Kashmir's 90 Assembly seats ahead of next month's election, senior leaders from both parties said Monday evening.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections: The Congress and National Conference have reached an agreement on Jammu and Kashmir's 90 Assembly seats ahead of next month's election, senior leaders from both parties said Monday evening.
The NC will contest a majority of seats (51), while the Congress will contest 32, according to Tariq Hameed Karra, the latter's J&K unit chief, with two seats reserved for the CPIM and Panthers Party.
Significantly, there would be a "friendly but disciplined contest" on five seats, implying that problems between the two parties - both of which are members of the INDIA opposition alliance - have not been totally resolved, despite the Congress sending two senior leaders to Srinagar this morning.
This will be the first Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in a decade; the 2019 election was cancelled after the central repealed Article 370 and 35A and divided the state into two union territories.