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Congress says will boycott NC candidate in North Kashmir
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Sunday, 23 March 2014
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Can be an individual opinion; thankful to NC for its
support in Jammu: Soz
Srinagar: The state Congress is rocked
by rebellion in Gurez with a former MLA and a Congress leader Faqir Mohammad
Khan announcing a complete boycott of Shareef-u-Din Shariq, the coalition
candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabah polls in North Kashmir constituency.
Talking to KNS, Khan said: “The Congress workers here
have decided to go for a complete boycott of National Conference candidate as
the coalition government has failed us on every front.”
He alleged that the National Conference led coalition
government has benefited only NC workers and the Congress cadres have been left
high and dry. “Our (Congress) workers have been ignored and neglected by this
coalition government to the hilt,” he said, adding that the upcoming Lok Sabha
elections will witness a complete boycott of the NC candidate from Baramulla
Lok Sabah constituency.
He said that since the Congress workers in Gurez have
decided to boycott the NC candidate, their support to any other political party
cannot be ruled out in the upcoming Parliamentary polls in North Kashmir.
Reacting to Khan’s announcement, Ghulam Nabi Monga, vice
president PCC told KNS: “It is a totally wrong and immature statement from
Faqir Khan. He is not authorized to make such statements. We (Congress) ensure
that each and every vote of Congress is cast in favour of our coalition
candidate (Sahreef-u-din Shariq). We strongly rebut Khan’s
announcement as it can be his personal opinion and not that of the
party.”
When contacted Pradesh Congress Committee president Prof
Saifuddin Soz said that Khan’s opinion is his personal and the Congress has
nothing to do with it. “I am sorting out such statements. It can be an
individual statement. We are duty bound to support our coalition partner in the
three seats of Kashmir valley as they will do it for us in the three seats of
Jammu and Ladakh.”
Soz added that the recently held joint rallies in Jammu,
the National Conference has whole heartedly supported Congress candidates in
that region. “I am thankful to the National Conference for its whole hearted
support to our candidates. We have to go together and there is no question of
not supporting the NC candidates in the three seats of Valley.”
The PCC president also thanked Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah, Ajay Sadhotra and Devender Rana and other NC leaders for
remaining present in the nomination functions of Congress candidates in Jammu.(KNS)
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