National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday that it was a “great thing” that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was ready to join them after exit polls predicted a majority win of the NC-Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir.
Abdullah expressed happiness over the news of the PDP considering the option of joining the anti-BJP alliance in J&K, and said, “Congratulations to them; this is a great thing; we are all on the same track. We need to end the hatred and keep Jammu and Kashmir united.”
When asked to respond to the recent exit polls that predict victory for the alliance, he said everything would be clear on October 8 (vote counting day for the Assembly polls).
“On October 8 all the results would be in front of you; the boxes will be opened, and we will know who stands where. But I do know this much that the Congress-NC alliance will be forming the government with a majority,” he said.
Earlier on Saturday, PDP’s candidate from Lal Chowk constituency, Zuhaib Yousuf Mir, told reporters that his party was ready to join the alliance to keep the BJP out of power.
He said, “As far as we are concerned, exit polls are not a serious activity but a time-pass activity. PDP is confident that it will be an indispensable and important part of the secular government that will form in J&K. PDP will have an important role in forming any secular government.
"We had said that we are ready to take any step to save the identity of Kashmir, but for this, it is important that we formulate a secular government, a government against the BJP, not with them.”
The majority of the exit polls predict a victory for the NC-Congress alliance in the recently concluded Assembly polls held in J&K.
According to TV-Today C-voter projections, the NC-Congress alliance is likely to win 40-48 seats while the BJP can win 27-32. Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP is likely to win 6-12 seats, whereas others can win 6-11.
As per Dainik Bhaskar’s projection, the NC-Congress alliance can win 35-40 seats. The BJP can win 20-25 seats, the PDP 4-7, while the others can win 12-18 seats.
The People Pulse survey has predicted 46-50 seats for the NC-Congress alliance, 23-27 for the BJP and 7-11 for the PDP. Others are likely to win 4-6 seats.
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