‘BJP playing game to engineer majority’
BENGALURU, Oct 7: All India Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed confidence about his party coming to power in Haryana, and the party along with its alliance partner National Conference forming the Government in Jammu and Kashmir.
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The results of both the Assembly elections will be announced on October 8. “Earlier too we had said that in Haryana and Jammu Kashmir, the Congress Government will be formed. In Jammu and Kashmir, Congress and NC (National Conference) alliance will form the Government, and in Haryana Congress Government will be formed,” Kharge told reporters here.
The Congress also 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.
“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,” Ramesh said.
“We will do everything in our power to thwart such nefarious designs,” he alleged.
Congress general secretary, in-charge organisation, K C Venugopal said there is a clear danger to the people’s mandate in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The INC-NC alliance is on the way to a historic victory, but the BJP is not ready to digest the democratic verdict and is planning to subvert this through any and all means available at its disposal.
“We are vigilant to all their dirty tricks and will not let them hijack our democracy. The misuse of institutions and the Centre’s powers to alter the mandate will not be tolerated,” he said.(PTI)
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