The National Conference- Congress alliance is likely to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir with poll trends on Tuesday showing the combine ahead in 52 of the 90 seats while the BJP was leading in 27.
Trends uploaded by the Election Commission showed that the PDP was ahead in five seats in the Union territory while the Independents were leading on seven seats. As the trends showed the NC ahead of its rivals, NC vice president Omar Abdullah asserted there should be no “fiddling” with the mandate of the people in Jammu and Kashmir.
Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, his father and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah announced as the party looked on course to come to power in the union territory with ally Congress. “Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister,” the senior Abdullah told reporters when asked who would be the alliance’s CM face.
Omar Abdullah, the former Chief Minister won Budgam seat in Jammu and Kashmir by defeating Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party’s (JKPDP) Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi with a margin of 18,485 votes.
The NC president also said the verdict was proof that the people of J-K were against the abrogation of Article 370. “The people have given their verdict and proven that the decisions taken on August 5, 2019 are not acceptable to them,” he said.
“I am thankful to everyone that the people participated in the polls and did so freely. I am grateful to God for the results.” The former Union minister said the elected government would have to do a lot of work to end the “sufferings” of the people.
“After 10 years the people have given their mandate to us. We pray to Allah that we meet their expectations…It will not be ‘police raj’ here but ‘logon ka raj’ here. We will try to bring out the innocent persons who are jailed. Media will be free. We have to develop trust between Hindus and Muslims. I am hopeful that INDIA alliance partners will fight with us to restore statehood here…”, he said.
“We have to end unemployment and address issues like inflation and drug menace. Now, there will be no LG and his advisors. Now, there will be 90 MLAs who will work for people,” he added.
