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We failed to some extent to fulfil election manifesto promises: Soni | NC's failure in Kashmir dented Cong stature: Soz | | Early Times Report KATHUA, Aug 9: Congress today launched a fierce attack on its ruling alliance partner, National Conference by holding it directly responsible for the party's worst-ever defeat in Lok Sabha elections, saying "it (Congress) paid for the public anger against the National Conference in the state". "Immediately after the results of Lok Sabha elections, I had said that the Congress lost its seats in J&K because of public anger against the National Conference. I had personally witnessed that there was great resentment against the National Conference in Kashmir Valley and it was the sole reason that our votes could not be transferred," Saifuddin Soz, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief told reporters on the sidelines of a daylong convention of the party for Kathua and Samba districts here. In a veiled attack on the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Soz said there were, obviously, governance issues that brewed public resentment against the National Conference. "There were no reason for the Congress to lose elections in the state as it has always respected the sentiments of the people of all three regions viz Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. There has not been a single issue in the state where you can say that Congress has not played its role effectively," the JKPCC leader said. The National Conference-Congress had contested the Lok Sabha elections in alliance and had to face defeat on all the six parliamentary seats. Congress had lost Jammu, Kathua and Ladakh seat, while all the three seats in Kashmir, contested by National Conference candidates, were won by its arch-rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate. Recently, both parties had announced to contest assembly polls separately. Ambika Soni, the general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) joined the chorus and said the Congress high command started monitoring of programmes and promises made to the people in its election manifesto and it felt that the party had failed to fulfil the promises, made in its election manifesto to some extent. "We became the part of the government on some programmes and a manifesto. We have been in the government for the past five-and-half-an-year. After monitoring of the programmes, we felt the party was failed to fulfil these promises made to the people in election manifesto. It was only the reason that we decided to go separately in the upcoming assembly elections in the state," he said. In reply to a query, Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha also said that the party could field new faces in the upcoming assembly elections. "The selection of candidates for assembly elections will be made on merits and there may be some new faces in elections this time," he added. Senior Congress leaders also hinted that the party would not give mandate to any 'tainted' or 'corrupt' candidate in the coming assembly polls scheduled to be held later this year. |
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