Srinagar, Oct 07: On the eve of the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly poll results, the Congress party has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of employing “malicious tactics” to undermine the voter verdict favouring the Indian National Congress-National Conference (INC-NC) alliance.
Jairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary in charge of communications, claimed that the BJP is attempting to engineer a hung assembly through insidious strategies. He stated, “Facing imminent defeat, the BJP is playing desperate games to manipulate a majority, hoping for a hung assembly to aid their agenda. They know that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have given a clear mandate to the INC-NC alliance.”
In a post on ‘X’, Ramesh criticised the BJP’s actions, alleging, “To subvert this democratic process, they have reverted to their old tactics of self-proclaimed bogus ‘Chanakya-niti.’ We have credible information indicating that malicious steps are being taken through a colorable and malafide exercise of power to negate the people’s verdict in favor of the INC-NC alliance in J&K. We will do everything in our power to thwart such nefarious designs.”
With exit polls suggesting a hung assembly for the 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, all eyes are now on the actual results, which will be announced tomorrow, October 8.
Voters in Jammu and Kashmir cast their ballots in three phases: September 18, September 25, and October 1, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 63.45% this year.
