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By India Today News Desk: As the Congress registered an emphatic win in the Karnataka Assembly election, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday took a jibe at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying there was no way the saffron party had the courage to allow Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in the near future.
“Now there is no way BJP will have the courage to allow Assembly elections to take place in J&K any time soon,” Abdullah wrote on Twitter.
The NC leader was referring to the Congress’s huge lead over BJP in the Karnataka Assembly election. The Congress won 136 seats, comfortably crossing the magic number of 113 to form a majority in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.
On the other hand, the BJP had won 45 seats and was leading in 19 seats as per the Election Commission website. The Janata Dal (Secular) was trailing behind the Congress and BJP with 15 seats won and a lead in 5 constituencies.
Earlier as well, Omar had targetted the BJP over Assembly election in the Union Territory and said that the saffron party is afraid to lose and “doesn’t have the courage to face the people” as per news agency PTI.
“The BJP is not ready for assembly elections because they know they are going to lose the elections. They don’t have the courage to face the people. We are also not ready to beg for the polls. If they hold the elections, well and good! If they don’t, so be it,” he had said in Anantnag district.
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