J and K 2014 Assembly Polls : Battlelines Drawn By Deepak Parvatiyar November 1, 2014 Ever since the National Conference (NC) swept the Assembly polls in 1996 when electoral process had resumed after a decade of militancy, all subsequent state elections in Jammu & Kashmir have seen fractured mandates. The Congress since then invariably emerged as the ‘kingmaker’ in the state. Can the Congress continue to be a kingmaker in this J & K election too? The elections in the state are to be held in five phases between 23 November and 20 December. All the political parties have rejected the idea of any pre-poll alliances and have decided to go solo in polls. This means the Congress has parted ways with the NC yet again despite being a part of the NC-led coalition government in the state. Why so? Congress-NC Ties: A Tale of Political Opportunism Ins’t it rather prudent for the coalition partners of a government that lasted its full term to highlight their joint
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