Jammu: Sealing an alliance after days of hectic parleys, the Congress and National Conference Wednesday announced they will fight two and one Lok Sabha seats respectively, while agreeing on a “friendly contest” on the rest three constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir.
The alliance has been finalised in national interest and will strengthen the secular forces in J&K as the state faces threat from Pakistan, Azad said. “Live and let live.” The Rajya Sabha MP said he himself and other leaders of his party would campaign for Abdullah in the Srinagar constituency, which the NC patron currently represents.
Azad appealed to the people of Jammu to vote for strengthening secularism and isolating communalism. “A communal India cannot face any nation but secular India can fight any country in the world.” Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP alleged the Congress conceded to the National Conference’s (NC) pro-separatist agenda.
“They are creating this fuss because they have no other issue. If an actor, a doctor, a film director, and others put forward their son in the same field, nobody raises dynastic thing. I am Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s son and have seen politics form my childhood and faced problem.
“Jawaharlal Nehru’s daughter (India Gandhi) gave atom bomb to the nation to make it strong. She gave her blood for the nation and her son,” Abdullah said.