India Politics Highlights: Congress and NC will fight J&K elections together, says Farooq Abdullah
Hello readers! Congress and National Conference got together for Screening Committee Meeting in Delhi to sort J&K seat-sharing and to pick candidates for Haryana assembly elections. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah took cogisance of 'royal hospitality' being provided to actor Darshan and others in Parappana Agrahara Jail and ordered suspension of guilty officials. Congress leaders including Salman Khurshid and K C Venugopal held talks on seat sharing in Farooq Abdullah's residence, in Srinagar. The NC Chief then announced that they and Congress will fight the J&K elections together. Meanwhile, BJP released its first list of candidates for the J&K elections, but withdraw it quickly. Later, in a post on X, he clarified the whitener on the MUDA letter, saying it was used as requested land was not available. Thank you for following along with us today. Stay tuned to DH for all the latest updates across the nation and world.
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