Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 8: Notwithstanding claims of the opposition parties, the ruling National Conference is in doubleminded after getting a majority on its own in the prestigious Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil elections after getting 13 seats of the 23 seats for which results have been declared so far.
Out of the total 26 seats, results of 23 seats have been announced so far, the ruling National Conference has crossed the halfway mark by getting 13 seats.
The Congress has won eight seats followed by two each by BJP and Independents.
As per official communication counting for the Shargole seat has yet not started.
Highly placed sources that the Kargil unit of the National Conference was not interested in accommodating Congress in the Council because Seats won by National Conference
Bhimat
Padum
Kargil Town
Yourbaltak
Thasgam Thunia
Simbloo
Poyen
Thang
Thangdumbur
Lankarchey
Trespone
Saliskut
Chuliskambo
Seats won by Congress
Taisuru
Paskum
Rambirpora
Chaskore
Chiktan
Parkachik
Shakar
Karsa
Seats won by BJP
Shakchay
Cha
Seats won by Independent
Gund Mangalpur
Barsoo
Syed Ali who won elections from Barsoo and Gund Mangalpur constituencies have defeated Congress candidates so they are ready to support the National Conference in the formation of the Council.
As reported earlier, candidates of the National Conference and Congress entered into“friendly” contests on as many as 13 seats of the LAHDC Kargil.
In most of Kargil, the real fight for the LAHDC Kargil elections was always between Congress and the National Conference. The presence of other political parties was confined only to a few pockets so most of the local NC leaders are against accommodating Congress after getting a majority on its own. | 