Congress-NC alliance an expired injection: BJP’s Chugh

New Delhi, Aug 24: Following the announcement of an alliance between the Congress and the National Conference ahead of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Tarun Chugh said on Saturday that the alliance was an expired injection.
Speaking to ANI, Chugh said, “The alliance between them didn’t work in the previous three elections and in the upcoming assembly elections also, it will not work.”
He further stated that the people of Jammu and Kashmir “hate these dynastic, corrupt and separatist people,” and in this election, the people “will be the reason for the downfall of the alliance like a house of cards.”
The pre-poll alliance was announced soon after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge met NC chief Farooq Abdullah.
After the meeting, Farooq said that the Congress-NC would fight for all 90 seats in the assembly polls.
The formal announcement of the tieup was made by NC patron Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar. “United we stand,” JKNC posted on X.
The announcement was made after Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar met Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.
“Congress and we (NC) are together. Tarigami sahab (CPM’s M.Y. Tarigami) is also with us. I hope that our people are with us so that we can win and do better for the people. The alliance has been finalised and by this evening the details of seat-sharing will be announced. The Alliance is for 90 seats,” Farooq Abdullah said.
The Congress and the NC had fought the Lok Sabha elections in alliance with each other. The National Conference won two seats–Anantnag and Srinagar. The Congress could not win any seats.
Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1. The results will be announced on October 4.
The Election Commission has issued notification for the first phase of assembly seats for 24 seats. This is the first assembly poll in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370.
ANI