Cannot speak on the issue: Soz
Srinagar: A day after National Conference leaders in the party’s Provincial Working Committee meeting for Kashmir accused Congress ministers for the debacle in the LS polls the CongressTuesday came down heavily on NC, stating that ‘Congress holds more prestige than NC’ in the state.
The insiders of the Congress party told KNS that the party leaders expressed deep anguish over the statements made by some NC leaders during the core group meet of the party wherein NC blamed Congress for the loss on LS elections. “It was unfortunate that some N senior leaders accuse Congress and its ministers for being involved in the scams. The fact is that Congress always raised voice against the rampant corruption in the state,” said a senior Congress leader and a minister while pleading anonymity.
Pertinently, NC in its Provincial Working Committee meeting for Kashmir held on Monday at party headquarters Srinagar decided to go alone in the forthcoming polls for Assembly, maintaining that the alleged involvement in controversies of some Congress ministers could dent the party’s image as was done during the Lok Sabha elections.
The Congress leaders stated that the party has taken strong note of the reports and that it will respond to the allegations leveled by NC in the very near future.
State Congress chief Saif-ud-Din Soz when contacted by KNS gave wide berth to the reports maintaining that the press must ask the people whom NC had accused of being involved in ‘scams’ and that he has no take over the issue.