Srinagar,oct 08 2024 : The National Conference-Congress alliance is likely to form 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 are 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.
NC: 42
Congress: 6
PDP: 4
AAP: 1
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. The NC president also said the verdict was a 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 do a lot of work to end the “sufferings” of the people. “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 said.
National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah secured an unassailable lead of over 16,000 votes against PDP candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam seat. With just one round of counting to go, Abdullah secured 32,344 votes which was 16,294 more than Mehdi’s 16,050 votes. Abdullah, who is the front runner for the post of chief minister, is also leading from the family bastion of Ganderbal by a margin of over 5,000 votes over PDP candidate Bashir Ahmad Mir.
