In an unusual flip-flop, the BJP withdrew its first list of 44 candidates for the 3-phase assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir minutes after releasing it on Monday morning without assigning any reason before re-issuing two lists containing names of 16 candidates.
Gandhi and Kharge drove to Abdullah’s Gupkar Road residence in Srinagar after addressing a meeting of Congress workers, and discussed the seat sharing formula.
“Neither we were and nor we are part of the BJP”, he told media persons while replying to a question whether the proximity of Apni Party with BJP had backfired during the recent Lok Sabha elections when all three candidates of the party badly lost in Kashmir.
