"Like minded parties are welcome": JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra as exit polls predict hung assembly in J-K
Oct 06, 2024
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 6 : Ready to hold dialogue with "like-minded parties" to keep the BJP "out of the power," said Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said after the exit polls predict a hung asssembly in the Union Territory.
"I am reterating that Indian National Congress has said that we are ready to hold dialogue and take along all those parties and persons who will keep the BJP out of the power corridor. It is a well-known fact why we want to keep the BJP out..., " Karra, who is also a candidate from Central Shalteng Assembly seat, told ANI.
"...Everyone is welcome if they are on the same page and are like-minded," Karra added.
The Congress leader was replying to queries about the People's Democratic Party's gestures offering support to the National Conference and Congress alliance to form the government in the Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier on Saturday, PDP candidate from Lal Chowk Assembly seat Zuhaib Yousuf Mir hinted that they can join the Congress-NC alliance to keep BJP out of power and told ANI that they are ready to take any step to save the identity of Kashmir.
He said, "As far as we are concerned, exit polls are not a serious activity but 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 BJP not with them."
The Axis My India has predicted a hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir with the National Conference-Congress alliance slightly ahead and the BJP tailgating the opposition.
According to Axis My India, the NC-Congress alliance can win 35-45 seats whereas the BJP can win 24-34 seats. Notably, the majority mark to form the government in the Union Territory is 46 and the prediction has shown no one above the mark.
According to the predictions, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) can win 4-6 seats while Awam Ittehad Party-led by Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid can win 3-8.
The Axis My India has given Sajjad Lone's People's Conference 1-3 while others can get 4-10 seats. As per its prediction, the NC-Congress vote share can go up to 38 per cent while the BJP on 21.
