Congress-National Conference Crosses Halfway Mark In Race For J&K
Counting for the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election – the first since Article 370 was scrapped in August 2019 and the first since 2014 – began 8 am, with postal ballots first to be opened. In early leads, the Congress-National Conference alliance has taken a commanding lead in what was to supposed to be a tight race. At 9.20 am the Congress-NC is ahead in 49 seats and the BJP in 27. The People’s Democratic Party of ex Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti – whose party allied with the BJP after the 2014 election but fell apart by 2018 – is leading in eight. Independent candidates are in pole position in four seats. Within the… Read More »Congress-National Conference Crosses Halfway Mark In Race For J&K