Differences over seat-sharing: Congress, NC leaders to hold deliberations

Congress and NC leaders to discuss seat-sharing for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, aiming to resolve differences before elections.

The Congress leadership is set to hold deliberations with the National Conference (NC) on Monday (August 26, 2024) to iron out differences over seat-sharing for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.

“The Congress General Secretary organisation, K. C. Venugopal, will hold talks with NC president Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah at their residences in Srinagar,” leaders of both parties said.

They said the meeting was necessitated after "some differences" cropped up in seat-sharing arrangement during the talks between the local leadership of the parties.

The leaders said both the parties have agreed over the seat sharing formula to a large extent.

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"The Central leaders of Congress will meet our leaderships to talk about alliance. Some clarification is needed on some issues, and this will be done today," NC provincial president of Kashmir, Nasir Aslam Wani told reporters outside the residence of the Abdullahs.

He expressed hope that by the afternoon, "everything will be clear".