Even as the Congress faces a resurgent and aggressive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and battles the 10-year incumbency along with a host of issues, the Grand Old Party is also on the verge of losing a key United Progressive Alliance partner.
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has admitted that the UPA could lose a potential ally, referring to his own party, the National Conference.
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Speaking to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar, Abdullah said that the NC might break away from the Congress ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir elections.
"There are reservations in my party about fighting elections together with the Congress and there are sections in the Congress that would rather go it alone," Abdullah said when asked about the future of the alliance.
When pressed further about the "reservations" he was referring to, the 43-year-old said, "Both Congress and the National Conference have a presence in the three regions of the state. If we start giving seats to them, we start to lose our identity in those seats, and what is the guarantee that votes will be transferred from the Congress to the NC and vice versa?"
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