J-K elections: Pre-poll alliance with Congress to avoid hung assembly, says Omar Abdullah

Abdullah — who spoke to reporters astatine a shikara rally successful the Dal water successful enactment of the party’s Zadibal campaigner Tanvir Sadiq — said, “Maybe they person thing which allows them to spot what has gone into the machines, we don’t cognize what has gone into the machines. What we person heard from the people, determination is nary country for hung elections.” “We could person gone for a post-poll confederation but the confederation has been formed (before elections) to springiness radical an enactment truthful that determination is nary hung assembly and determination is nary country for uncertainty that a authorities volition not beryllium formed,” helium added.

Abdullah besides claimed that the BJP would privation a hung assembly arsenic it would springiness it an excuse to widen the lieutenant governor’s rule.

“The BJP volition privation to person a hung assembly truthful that they get an excuse to prolong the (lieutenant) governor’s regularisation but radical won’t let it to happen,” helium said.

Asked wherefore apical BJP leaders were not campaigning successful Kashmir arsenic overmuch arsenic they were successful Jammu, the erstwhile main curate said the saffron enactment was alert that it would not get thing from the Valley.

“The BJP has thing successful Kashmir, it won’t get thing from Kashmir. We are besides good alert of the BJP’s cognition towards Muslims. Sixteen per cent colonisation of the state is Muslim and they (BJP leaders) could not find adjacent 1 who would beryllium bully capable to beryllium made a curate astatine the Centre. When determination is nary practice for this population, we cognize what benignant of reasoning they person towards Muslims,” Abdullah said.

The National Conference person further alleged that the BJP was harping connected the “rule of 3 families” successful Jammu and Kashmir to fell its failures.

“Jammu and Kashmir has got thing successful the past 5 years. The BJP has thing to show. So the premier curate and the location curate are forced to people the 3 families. If they had done something, they would not request to bash this,” helium added.

Abdullah besides said the authorities should springiness a thought to the little elector turnout this twelvemonth compared to the 2014 assembly elections successful immoderate areas of Kashmir.

“There were immoderate areas wherever the voting percent was little than 2014. For example, the Noorabad (now D H Pora) segment, determination was 80 per cent turnout successful 2014 but this clip it was 20 per cent little (68 per cent). The contiguous authorities has to deliberation astir wherefore it has happened this clip contempt determination being nary boycott and everything, according to them, is normal,” helium said.

Asked astir Rahul Gandhi’s sojourn to Kashmir connected Monday, Abdullah said it was bully and suggested that the person of absorption successful the Lok Sabha marque a mates of much visits to instrumentality connected the BJP.

“It is bully that Rahul Gandhi is coming. I would privation him to travel much often to instrumentality connected the BJP apical brass. The premier curate has visited twice, the location curate has visited thrice, (Defence Minister) Rajnath Singh is not bushed of visiting, determination are different elder BJP leaders coming. Rahul Gandhi should travel to boost the morale of enactment cadres wherever Congress candidates are contesting,” Abdullah said.