NC, Congress leaders say BJP in panic over their alliance

Jammu, Sep 07: Asserting that the 10-year BJP rule in the country was a "disappointment", the National Conference and Congress on Tuesday said the saffron party was in a state of panic since the two parties announced a seat-sharing arrangement for the three-phase assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

The two parties hit out at the saffron party for trying to "paint the INDIA alliance in a negative light”.

The BJP released its manifesto for the J&K assembly polls at an event in Jammu on Friday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. On Saturday, he addressed a BJP worker's rally in Ploura, Jammu, where he attacked the NC-Congress alliance. Polling in Jammu and Kashmir is scheduled on September 18, 25 and October 1. The counting of votes will be held on October 8.

“Despite ruling the country for 10 years, the BJP has done nothing remarkable for J&K, apart from stripping away the rights of its citizens, most notably through the abrogation of Article 370. It has miserably failed to stand on the expectations of the people of J&K,” National Conference provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta said.