NEW DELHI: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday took a shot at People’s Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti on her proposal to support the National Conference and Congress alliance in the upcoming J&K assembly elections, if they agree upon her party’s agenda. Abdullah asked Mehbooba to not field candidates against NC-Congress as their agenda is the same.
During his address in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, former J&K chief minister said, “They (PDP) said if the NC-Congress alliance accepts their agenda, they will not put up candidates.You have put all our agenda in your manifesto. You have already accepted our agenda and now there is not much of a difference between your agenda and our agenda. Then do not field candidates and come, we will build a better tomorrow for Jammu and Kashmir.”
Abdullah said his party promised to provide 200 free units of electricity if it comes to power and “they (PDP) also said they will provide 200 units”.
“We said we will provide one lakh government jobs in the first year, they also put that in their manifesto. We talked about reopening (cross-LoC) routes, it is in their manifesto as well. We talked about keeping the doors of dialogue open and they also said so. Almost everything that my colleagues put in our manifesto, they also put it,” he said.
This comes a day after Mehbooba said that she would extend her support to their alliance and would not contest for any seat, if the National Conference and Congress agree upon the agenda of solving the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Alliance and seat sharing are faraway things. If the National Conference and Congress are ready to adopt our agenda, we will say they should contest all seats, we will follow them because for me solving the problem of Kashmir is more important than anything else. When we allied earlier also, we had an agenda, when we allied with the BJP, we had an agenda that they agreed to but the alliance between the National Conference and Congress is not happening on the agenda, it is happening on seat sharing,” she said.
“We will not do any alliance in which there is only talk of seat sharing. The alliance should be on the agenda and our agenda is to solve the problem of Jammu and Kashmir,” she added.
Polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases. The first phase will be held on September 18, second phase on September 25, and third phase on October 1. The results will be declared on October 4.
Out of the total 90 assembly constituency seats, 24 will go to polls in phase 1, 26 in phase 2 and 40 in phase 3.
During his address in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, former J&K chief minister said, “They (PDP) said if the NC-Congress alliance accepts their agenda, they will not put up candidates.You have put all our agenda in your manifesto. You have already accepted our agenda and now there is not much of a difference between your agenda and our agenda. Then do not field candidates and come, we will build a better tomorrow for Jammu and Kashmir.”
Abdullah said his party promised to provide 200 free units of electricity if it comes to power and “they (PDP) also said they will provide 200 units”.
“We said we will provide one lakh government jobs in the first year, they also put that in their manifesto. We talked about reopening (cross-LoC) routes, it is in their manifesto as well. We talked about keeping the doors of dialogue open and they also said so. Almost everything that my colleagues put in our manifesto, they also put it,” he said.
This comes a day after Mehbooba said that she would extend her support to their alliance and would not contest for any seat, if the National Conference and Congress agree upon the agenda of solving the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Alliance and seat sharing are faraway things. If the National Conference and Congress are ready to adopt our agenda, we will say they should contest all seats, we will follow them because for me solving the problem of Kashmir is more important than anything else. When we allied earlier also, we had an agenda, when we allied with the BJP, we had an agenda that they agreed to but the alliance between the National Conference and Congress is not happening on the agenda, it is happening on seat sharing,” she said.
“We will not do any alliance in which there is only talk of seat sharing. The alliance should be on the agenda and our agenda is to solve the problem of Jammu and Kashmir,” she added.
Polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases. The first phase will be held on September 18, second phase on September 25, and third phase on October 1. The results will be declared on October 4.
Out of the total 90 assembly constituency seats, 24 will go to polls in phase 1, 26 in phase 2 and 40 in phase 3.
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