Just a day after the congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi confirmed their alliance with the JK National conference led by Farooq Abdullah for the upcoming assembly elections in J&K.
Party’s vice president, Omar Abdullah Friday said that the alliance on the majority of seats has been finalised, while consensus on some seats is yet to be reached.
Omar said this while accompanying Sakeena Itoo in Kulgam where she filed her nomination papers. Omar added that the NC and Congress leaders are stuck over some seats, but most of the seats have been finalised.
“On some seats, both the parties are stuck. However, a meeting will be held again today to discuss the issue to finalise the alliance,” he said.
He said the party will make the list of candidates public before August 27 and that the NC has taken the lead by filing nomination papers from Kulgam today.
“We have come up with a manifesto. We hope the people will elect us to serve them for the next five years,” he said
The former chief minister, however, refused to share further details. Asked when the party would announce its candidates for the rest of the seats going to polls in the first phase, Omar said there is no hurry.
"Which party has announced its candidates so far? A party has cleverly named people as constituency in-charges, our constituency in-charges have been working for the last ten years."
So, what are you looking for in our lists? Ask them. In any case, our list will have to be out by August 27," he said, apparently referring to the PDP.
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