Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections: BJP will have no pre-poll alliance

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP will not form any prepoll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir state party president Ravinder Raina said hereHe however said discussions are ongoing with 8 to 10 independents in the Kashmir valley for contesting the elections togetherHe said the party is fully geared up for Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and will announce the first list of candidates soonldquoThe BJP will have no prepoll alliance with any political party in Jammu and Kashmirrdquo Raina told reporters hereldquoWe are in talks with 8 to 10 independent candidates in the Kashmir Valley If these discussions materialise we will formulate a strategy to contest the elections jointlyrdquo he saidLeadership will decide alliance CongCongress leader Alka Lamba said the party leadership will take a call on an alliance with the regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir ldquoWe had an alliance in the Lok Sabha polls and won two out of three in Kashmir Now on the decision of an alliance for the Assembly polls the partyrsquos central leadership has been in talks with the local leadership here and any decision which will be taken by them people will come to knowrdquo Lamba told reportersNC to unveil candidates after poll notificationThe National Conference will announce its candidates for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the notification for the first phase of the threephased polls the partyrsquos vice president Omar Abdullah said here on Sunday The notification for the first phase is scheduled to be issued on August 20 Polling is scheduled to take place on September 18ldquoIt has not been even two days since the announcement of polls Give us some time we are making preparations The notification for the first phase will be issued on August 20 We will announce our candidates after that and hope for our successrdquo Abdullah told reporters here He was asked as to when the party would announce its candidates for the pollsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever