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Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Congress connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) said it was weighing each options connected fielding candidates for the 2 Assembly seats successful the Union territory wherever bypolls are to beryllium held connected November 11.
Bypolls are being held successful the Budgam Assembly conception successful the Kashmir valley, and Nagrota successful the Jammu region.
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Friday (October 17)said portion his enactment (National Conference) volition contention the Budgam seat, it would enactment the Congress’s campaigner from Nagrota, if fielded.
However, portion speaking to reporters here, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra said the enactment precocious bid volition instrumentality a telephone connected the bypolls.
“They (NC) person said it (support for Nagrota seat), but we person enactment the lawsuit earlier our cardinal precocious bid and we are waiting for their response,” Mr. Karra said.
When asked if the enactment was weighing options to contention some the seats, the JKPCC main reiterated that the determination lies with the precocious command; however, helium added that, “all the options are open.”
The Central Shalteng MLA besides said the enactment has resumed its ‘Hamari Riyasat Hamara Haq’ programme to property for the restoration of Statehood to J&K.
He said it was initially suspended owed to the Pahalgam attack, and past owed to the war-like situation. Cloudburst and the resultant flood-like concern delayed it further, Mr. Karra said.
“(Now) it volition beryllium held successful each districts crossed J&K,” helium said.
When asked whether everything was good betwixt the confederation partners, the NC and Congress, aft the second accused Abdullah’s enactment of denying them “safe seat” successful the Rajya Sabha polls, Mr. Karra said, “Who said it is not (fine)?”.
He said the comments aft the “snub” by the NC were natural, arsenic the “Congress enactment astatine the highest level did not expect that determination would beryllium a U-turn oregon backtracking of their request” to the NC.
