Congress-NC Alliance in Jammu and Kashmir Triggers BJP Panic

The Congress announced that their seat-sharing agreement with the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir has caused the BJP to resort to negative politics. The ruling sentiment in J&K is against the BJP-led central government. Congress expressed confidence that this alliance will benefit the people and help form a strong government.

The Congress party declared Friday that their seat-sharing arrangement with the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir has plunged the BJP into a state of panic, leading it to engage in negative politics.

According to Congress leaders, the prevailing sentiment in Jammu and Kashmir is strongly against the BJP-led central government, mainly due to the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

AICC secretary Pranav Jha expressed optimism, saying, 'I believe this alliance will benefit Jammu and Kashmir as well as its people. People are very happy that they will finally have the opportunity to form a government after a long time, but their happiness would have doubled if the elections were held after the restoration of statehood.'

J&K Congress chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma stated that the BJP is now in a panic mode after the Congress and the NC entered into their seat-sharing agreement. 'The BJP and its home minister are now pointing fingers at parties with whom they previously shared power in J&K and at the Centre. The BJP and the home minister should first explain why they formed a government with the PDP, a party they now accuse of being far more problematic than the NC on these issues,' Sharma remarked.

He criticized the BJP's inconsistency, adding, 'The BJP's practice of sharing power one day and labelling those same parties as separatists and pro-Pakistan the next is sheer opportunism.'

Sharma concluded by asserting, 'The Congress is against the politics of hate and division, and it never compromises on the issue of terrorism and national interests.'

(With inputs from agencies.)