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After exit polls projected a hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress candidates from the union territory on Sunday held a meeting in Jammu to discuss their experiences in the elections.
The meeting was chaired by the territory's Congress president and the party candidate from the Central Shalteng Assembly seat, Tariq Hameed Karra in Jammu. Speaking to ANI, Karra alleged that the candidates had complained about the liquor, money and other things being transported during the elections but there was no cooperation from 'their side'. "This meeting was held to collect the experiences they (Congress candidates) had in elections and the sort of difficulties they had faced in the elections. There was a consensus that they had to face a large number of complaints.... Liquor, money and other things were being transported. They (candidates) say that they had been conveying these complaints to the administration. But, there was no cooperation from their side...The other thing was that we have been thinking about the nomination of the 5 MLAs. It was discussed and agreed that the President of India doesn't have the arbitrary powers to nominate a person. Because the constitution says that the President of India can nominate anyone with the advice and guidance of the government...How come the LG of a UT can have those arbitrary powers?..." said Tariq Hameed Karra. Stepping up his attacks on the BJP, Karra said that Congress is ready to hold a dialogue and associate with all those parties and people who are ready to throw the BJP 'out of the power corridor'. JKPCC President Karra said, "...Indian National Congress has said that we are ready to hold a dialogue and associate with all those parties and people who are ready to throw BJP out of the power corridor...Everyone is welcome if they are on the same page and are like-minded." Meanwhile, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal earlier today said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana have rejected the ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the party will not come to power in both the states. Congress leader Harish Rawat said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have voted for peace and development and the only option they could find is the National Conference-Congress alliance. He also said that the people of Haryana will avenge the disrespect by the BJP in the last ten years and that the Congress will form a government with a majority in the state. Notably, 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. Jammu and Kashmir went to polls in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The results of the assembly elections will be declared on October 8. (ANI)
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