Facing imminent defeat, BJP playing games to engineer majority in J&K: Congress leader
The Hindu
Congress vows to stop BJP's attempts to manipulate election results in Jammu and Kashmir, promising to protect democracy.
A day before the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly poll results, the Congress on Monday (October 7, 2024) accused the BJP of taking “malicious steps” through a “malafide exercise of power” to negate the people’s verdict in favour of the Congress-NC alliance in the Union Territory.
The party said it will do everything in its power to thwart such “nefarious designs”.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “Facing imminent defeat, the BJP is playing desperate games to engineer a majority and hoping for a hung assembly to aid them in their subterfuge.”
“They know that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have given a clear mandate to the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance,” he said.
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“To undo this democratic process, they have resorted to the old ways of their self-proclaimed bogus ‘Chanakya-niti.’ We have clear information and basis to say that malicious steps are being taken through a colourable and malafide exercise of power to negate the people’s verdict in favour of the INC-NC alliance in J&K,” Mr. Ramesh said.
“We will do everything in our power to thwart such nefarious designs,” he alleged.