Congress, INDIA ally National Conference announce seat sharing pact for J&K polls

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The Congress and INDIA bloc ally National Conference on Monday announced the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.

“National Conference will contest on 51 seats, Congress on 32 and we have agreed to have a friendly but disciplined contest on 5 seats. Over and above these 88 seats, we have left 1 seat for CPI (M) and 1 seat for Panthers Party,” J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra said in a briefing. 

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal further said,"BJP is trying to destroy the soul of Jammu and Kashmir our INDIA alliance's main objective is to save the soul of Jammu and Kashmir so that is why Congress and National Conference is coming together to make a government in Jammu & Kashmir which is totally friendly with the people of J&K." 
“We have done a discussion in accordance and we entered into a formula which our leaders will share now. We will fight together, we will win J&K. We will form the government in Jammu and Kashmir,” he added. 

culled from Hindustan Times