Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 23: Gearing up for the forthcoming elections, J&K unit of Congress has told the All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-president Rahul Gandhi that any pre-poll arrangement for the Parliament or Assembly elections in the State would shrink the party’s space and the High Command should allow the party to go alone for the polls.
A high-level delegation led by State Congress Chief Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz met Rahul Gandhi and put forth their views on pre-poll alliance ahead of Parliamentary or Assembly polls.
Senior Congress leader and former Minister Abdul Gani Vakil pressed that Congress should no more be a B-team in future.
Majority of the party-men demanded that there should be no alliance and that Congress should be strengthened in all three regions of the State, he said.
He told Rahul that Congress should not surrender Kashmir at any cost, be it in Parliament or Assembly elections.
Congress leaders urged the AICC vice-president that the party high command should allow the J&K unit to go alone in both Parliament and Assembly elections.
NC Ministers always entertained their own workers, be it giving Government jobs to youth, allotting tenders, or giving contracts”, they added.
Congress leader urged the AICC vice president to ensure that Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Soz address election rallies together in Jammu. “I told the meeting that if this would happen, it will fetch Congress at least 35 seats in J&K”.
Congress district president for Ananatnag Gulzar Wani, district president for Srinagar, Abdul Gani Khan, MLA Inderwal GM Saroori, former Minister Mula Ram, Congress MP Madan Lal Sharma and district presidents from Kashmir and Jammu region were present during the meeting.
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