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BJP may now be having

fewer friends in J&K

A cursory glance at the political landscape reveals that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has
unlike last time, the BJP may be hard-pressed to find allies compared her broken alliance with
the BJP as the “cup of poison”. And
for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the National Conference which looks
writes riyaz wani favourite to emerge as the single larg-
est party has already thrown its lot with
the country’s opposition. The NC presi-
n January 21, BJP general glance at the political landscape reveals dent Dr Farooq Abdullah attended the
secretary Ram Madhav that unlike the last time the BJP may United Opposition Rally organized by
said his party will go it be hard-pressed to find such friends. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
alone in the upcom- National Conference and the PDP, the Banerjee at Parade Ground in Kolkata.
O ing Jammu and Kashmir major regional political forces have Most likely the National Conference
assembly elections and it would form a made it clear that they won’t enter into will choose to go with the Congress in
“stable government with some friends” any prepoll or post-poll alliance with a post-poll scenario, should the both
in the state after the polls. But a cursory the saffron party. parties get the required number of seats

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