CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: The National Conference (NC)-Indian National Congress (INC) alliance is on track for a commanding victory in Srinagar, with their candidates leading across all eight constituencies in the region.
This marks a significant shift in Srinagar’s political landscape, as the region overwhelmingly backed the NC-INC partnership in this critical assembly election.
In Srinagar’s seven assembly segments—Khanyar, Habba Kadal, Zadibal, Hazratbal, Lal Chowk, Eidgah, and Chanapora—NC candidates are maintaining strong leads. Notably, in Khanyar, senior NC leader Ali Muhammad Sagar is ahead by a considerable margin, while his son Salman Sagar is leading in Hazratbal with over 9,000 votes. Lal Chowk, the symbolic heart of Kashmir, is also expected to go to NC. Meanwhile, INC’s Jammu and Kashmir unit president, Tariq Hameed Karra, is leading comfortably in Central-Shalteng.
This election, held after a decade, comes after Jammu and Kashmir had been without an elected government for six years. The voter turnout in many constituencies reflects the eagerness of the electorate to have a representative government after years of political uncertainty in the Union Territory.
