Srinagar, Aug 22: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday criticised the Congress-National Conference coalition, calling it an “expired alliance” that would not harm the saffron party.
“The alliance will have no impact on the BJP, which will emerge victorious with a majority,” Chugh said while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the meeting in Jammu.
National Conference chief Abdullah on Thursday announced that an alliance with the Congress was final on all 90 assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chugh — the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir in-charge — also remarked that Rahul Gandhi should thank Modi for transforming Srinagar into a Smart City and ensuring peace and normality. “Lal Chowk, once a stronghold of stone-pelters, has now become a tourist hub,” he added.
The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir president Ravinder Raina expressed confidence that the saffron party would win the assembly elections with a thumping majority.
“The Congress lost despite its alliance in the Lok Sabha elections and it will lose in the assembly polls. Gandhi and Kharge are going door to door, seeking support from political parties,” Raina said.
Union minister G Kishan Reddy, Tarun Chugh, Jammu and Kashmir BJP general secretary Ashok Koul, and Lok Sabha MP and the party’s election management committee chairperson Jugal Kishore Sharma reviewed the poll preparations and discussed strategies for grassroots-level campaigning.
The three-phase elections to the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will be held on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The results will be declared on October 4.
