Reportedly moments after voting in the second phase of the kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir assembly elections on wednesday, National Conference vice president and party candidate from Ganderbal and Budgam omar abdullah advised congress leader rahul gandhi to focus his party’s campaign in Jammu instead of the kashmir region. Both the National Conference and the congress are sharing a pre-poll alliance in the kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir assembly elections, with NC contesting 51 seats and congress 32. The Congress-NC seat-sharing decision was announced after months of hectic negotiations.
Perhaps Abdullah said that the role of the congress party is least important in kashmir, but significant in Jammu. The party, however, has put minimal efforts into campaigning in the Jammu region and failed to meet the alliance expectations, he added. The kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir elections have become a prestige battle for Abdullah, the NC candidate for Ganderbal. The NC leader who is still reeling from the hurt inflicted by the defeat in the recently held lok sabha elections is looking to reclaim the family stronghold of Ganderwal.
Moreover Abdullah on wednesday lashed out at the Centre’s move to invite foreign delegates to observe the ongoing assembly elections in kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir, saying the polls were an internal matter of India.
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