NC will announce candidates after 1st poll notification: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, Aug 18: Former Chief Minister and  National Conference (NC) VicePresident Omar Abdullah  today said that his  party will announce its candidates for the assembly polls after the  issuance of the notification for the first phase of elections.

He was talking to media persons after a party function here. Omar stated that it  just two days ago  that the election schedule has been announced. “Let us get some time. We are on the job. Since the notification for the first phase issued on August 20, we will announce our candidates accordingly,” NC Vice President said.

He stated that BJP  continues to be overconfident. “ Let me tell you that infact the BJP has set a new example of overconfidence. They gave the slogan of 400-par in the parliamentary polls. Then they talked about 370 seats, but where did they stop. At 240. It is better for BJP not to talk about overconfidence ,”Omar said.

He added that he has only said that NC is hopeful that “if the people support us and we get an opportunity to govern.” “We are not counting the number of seats which BJP always has, I remember in 2014 Assembly elections, they said 45 seats. It does not behove the BJP to talk about this. Let them talk about themselves, and let us talk about ourselves,” the former Chief Minister added.