J&K Congress chief: ‘We are in alliance with NC … natural that we will be part of J&K govt’

In an interview, Karra talks astir authorities formation, what went incorrect for the party, and what is adjacent for the NC-Congress alliance.

Excerpts:

What is your appraisal of the Jammu and Kashmir predetermination results?

This predetermination was fought with the peculiar intent of keeping the BJP distant from powerfulness for definite circumstantial reasons. One, we were divested of definite powers and definite rights that we person to get back. That is the statehood and, on with that, our onshore rights and our close to jobs. The radical of Jammu and Kashmir were fed up with the divisive policies of the BJP and their hatred authorities successful the full state that affected J&K also.

And besides the benignant of attack they took regarding moving J&K, that helped the radical of J&K realise this benignant of authoritarian, oppressive regularisation has to beryllium ended. So that is what we thought and the radical of J&K person fixed a decisive mandate to the confederation to execute these goals.

Where did the Congress spell wrong?

We are going to introspect it connected a seat-to-seat basis. Before the results were out, I had been to Jammu and held interactions with our candidates. One communal happening that emerged was the administration’s non-cooperation successful the past 3 days of electioneering. Everyone said successful the past 3 days, constabulary checkposts were removed, determination were nary constabulary nakas. That facilitated the question of wealth and liquor. I was told that adjacent ambulances were used. Our enactment raised this contented with the medication but they didn’t cooperate. That could beryllium 1 of the reasons.

But tin it beryllium simply conscionable that?

That could beryllium 1 of the reasons. I ne'er said that is the reason. The different organisational reasons, the shortcomings, each that request to beryllium introspected upon.

The Congress run successful Jammu, it is said, was not astatine each visible. Even Omar Abdullah made that point.

I can’t remark connected someone’s comment. I person to speech to my radical and bash an introspection. We person to bash thing similar fact-finding connected what went wrong, wherever and when.

Were determination problems with summons distribution?

That tin besides beryllium introspected. Everything has to beryllium looked into holistically.

Will the Congress articulation the government?

We are successful an confederation and it is earthy that we volition beryllium portion of the authorities and we person to bash our workout also. That is what we are into (now).

Will the Congress beryllium seeking the Deputy Chief Ministership oregon cardinal ministries?

That has not yet been discussed. We person to benignant it retired among ourselves and past speech to the NC. We person to person our in-house treatment first. It is excessively aboriginal to accidental anything.

But are you definite that the Congress volition articulation the government?

Do you person immoderate doubts? We person fought the elections unneurotic successful an confederation and it is precise natural.

Some Congress leaders, it seems, are not keen. One statement is that the party’s show was not connected expected lines and it is clip to fortify the organisation.

Introspection and strengthening the enactment are important … strengthening the enactment is much important. But, I deliberation the Congress volition beryllium joining (the government).

What volition beryllium the Congress’s suggestions for a communal minimum programme?

Before we went into elections and earlier our manifesto was declared, we had a thorough treatment with NC astir our manifesto. So galore of the things are rather communal and we volition spot if determination could beryllium a CMP, possibly earlier the oath-taking oregon after. Because it volition beryllium rather an elaborate thing.

The NC said that it would strive for the restoration of Article 370. The Assembly could walk a solution connected it. If the Congress joins the government, what volition beryllium its position?

When immoderate enactment goes into an confederation and goes to people, they spell with their agenda. And it is not an amalgamation of the manifestos. It is conscionable an knowing that we person to spell unneurotic due to the fact that we person to debar the fragmentation of votes. The parties that person antithetic agenda, and whitethorn person immoderate contentious issues, those things ever person to beryllium worked retired for the creaseless sailing of the government. We person to beryllium unneurotic and spot wherever the contentious issues travel successful between.

Will the NC beryllium amenable to keeping specified issues connected the backmost burner for now?

Well, I accidental that we person to find our ways and means for creaseless sailing, for a unchangeable government. NC leaders are rather mature capable to recognize specified things.

Restoration of statehood is simply a communal demand.

That is simply a communal demand. We fought the elections connected that. Omar saab was connected grounds connected Wednesday saying we volition motorboat a conflict for our statehood.

You person been a curate successful the past. Will you beryllium joining the government?

That has to beryllium seen. The parameters of joining the authorities are antithetic and who volition articulation the authorities is different.