Former Chief Minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday lashed out at Congress for ‘not effectively campaigning in Jammu and Kashmir.’
“It says a lot about the Congress party & its approach to J&K. There hasn’t been a single election meeting by its leadership,” Omar said in a tweet.
“Contrast this with the number of rallies addressed by Modi ji & Amit Shah. They may not have come to the valley but they didn’t ignore the state,” Omar said.
He said that the BJP was simply given a walkover by the Congress in the state.
“The Congress was in with a fighting chance in 4 of the 6 seats and in 3 of these the BJP was the main opponent. It’s inexplicable how the BJP was simply given a walkover as far as the optics of the campaign are concerned,” Omar tweeted.
There are six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir – Baramulla, Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, Anantnag and Ladakh.
Two seats in the state will go to polls in the fifth phase of elections on May 6.
The counting of votes will take place on May 23.