IYC chief Uday Bhanu Chib says, ‘J-K Assembly election being fought by people against dictatorial BJP govt at Centre’

Jammu: The newly-appointed president of the Indian National Congress, Uday Bhau Chib, has said that the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections is being fought by the people against the dictatorial BJP government at the Centre. “The Congress-NC alliance goes to form government (in Jammu and Kashmir) on 8th October. I am hoping that we'll form government with a tight majority. These elections are the reality isn't being fought by the Congress or NC but by the people of Jammu and Kashmir in contrast dictatorial government,” Chib told ANI.

Before being appointed as president of the Indian National Congress, Chib changed into its Jammu and Kashmir chief. He thanked Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition your complete way at some point of the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for appointing him as the IYC chief.

“To start up off with, I would have to thank Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge for giving this chance to a man from a normal family in Jammu,” he said. He said that the IYC will take up the failings of paper leaks and unemployment and make the BJP-led Union Government responsible. Chib said the Congress-NC government will restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir. “Our manifesto says that as soon as we form our government, Congress will restore the statehood.”

Jammu and Kashmir is voting for its ninety-member assembly in three phases. The first and second phases of voting came about on September 18 and 25, respectively. Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing an spell binding contest with a few political parties and independents your complete way at some point of the fray. NCP and Congress have forged a pre-poll alliance your complete way at some point of the UT. These elections, the primary since the abrogation of Article 370, are being held after nearly a decade your complete way at some point of the Union Territory.

Meanwhile, reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks that the National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance would “follow the agenda of Pakistan,” NC Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday countered that the birthday celebration would have pursued such an agenda 35 years ago if that were the case.

“We don’t are waiting for anything else more from the BJP. The National Conference is a company that has made thousands of sacrifices over the past 35 years. If we wanted to follow Pakistan’s agenda, we'd have done so 35 years ago. Perchance then, my more than Four,five hundred companions would now not have been sacrificed,” Abdullah said while speaking to reporters in Kupwara.

“If Union Home Minister Amit Shah wants to ignore the sacrifices made by the National Conference, what can I do about it?” he added. The 0.33 and final phase of voting will take place on October 1, while the counting of votes will likely be held on October eight. Assembly elections are being held your complete way at some point of the Union Territory nearly a decade after the last polls and are the primary since the abrogation of Article 370.