NEW DELHI: Tariq Hameed Karra, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief, on Saturday said that the party was ready to contest all 90 seats in the upcoming assembly polls independently. But, the alliance with the National Conference was formed under a “national compulsion”, he added.
He asserted that the alliance was forged to aim at promoting stability and the welfare of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The Congress will become stronger in the future. We had some alliance compulsions, the coalition was forged under a national mood, national compulsion. If those parameters of the alliance were not followed, then the Congress was ready to contest all 90 seats,” Karra said.
Congress’ J&K chief’s statement on alliance with NC came a day after Omar Abdullah’s “sacrifice” remark. On Friday, Abdullah said that alliance with Congress for the upcoming assembly polls in J&K was not an easy decision and they had to “sacrifice” many seats.
“This is not only our fight, but of the whole Jammu and Kashmir. If we have to undo the wrongs done to us, it will not only benefit us, but every citizen of Jammu and Kashmir. We are fighting this battle collectively for Jammu and Kashmir,” Abdullah said while addressing a party function at the NC headquarters Nawa-i-Subah.
“That is why we joined hands with the Congress, even as it was not an easy decision for us, (because) we had to sacrifice those seats where we knew only the NC can give a tough fight,” Abdullah added.
Earlier on Monday, the National Conference and the Congress agreed on a seat-sharing arrangement, with the former set to contest 51 seats and the latter 32 seats.
Karra made these remarks while speaking to reporters at a function held at the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee headquarters, during which former Kokernag MLA Abdul Rahim Rather and activist Irfan Hafeez Lone joined the party.
He said that the alliance has been “forged for stability, it has been forged by adhering to the alliance principles.”
Karra pointed out that there is an ideological conflict within the BJP when he was asked about the situation within the party in Jammu, where several leaders have resigned following the distribution of tickets.
He said, “That is their issue. Their conflict within is basically of ideology also. There are so many BJPs in one BJP. It is their ideological conflict. Within the BJP, they don’t know themselves which ideology to follow, which leader to follow.”
He asserted that the alliance was forged to aim at promoting stability and the welfare of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The Congress will become stronger in the future. We had some alliance compulsions, the coalition was forged under a national mood, national compulsion. If those parameters of the alliance were not followed, then the Congress was ready to contest all 90 seats,” Karra said.
Congress’ J&K chief’s statement on alliance with NC came a day after Omar Abdullah’s “sacrifice” remark. On Friday, Abdullah said that alliance with Congress for the upcoming assembly polls in J&K was not an easy decision and they had to “sacrifice” many seats.
“This is not only our fight, but of the whole Jammu and Kashmir. If we have to undo the wrongs done to us, it will not only benefit us, but every citizen of Jammu and Kashmir. We are fighting this battle collectively for Jammu and Kashmir,” Abdullah said while addressing a party function at the NC headquarters Nawa-i-Subah.
“That is why we joined hands with the Congress, even as it was not an easy decision for us, (because) we had to sacrifice those seats where we knew only the NC can give a tough fight,” Abdullah added.
Earlier on Monday, the National Conference and the Congress agreed on a seat-sharing arrangement, with the former set to contest 51 seats and the latter 32 seats.
Karra made these remarks while speaking to reporters at a function held at the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee headquarters, during which former Kokernag MLA Abdul Rahim Rather and activist Irfan Hafeez Lone joined the party.
He said that the alliance has been “forged for stability, it has been forged by adhering to the alliance principles.”
Karra pointed out that there is an ideological conflict within the BJP when he was asked about the situation within the party in Jammu, where several leaders have resigned following the distribution of tickets.
He said, “That is their issue. Their conflict within is basically of ideology also. There are so many BJPs in one BJP. It is their ideological conflict. Within the BJP, they don’t know themselves which ideology to follow, which leader to follow.”