Not Sure Congress Will Win 300 Seats In General Elections: Ghulam Nabi Azad In Poonch Rally

Speaking on reversing the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir said that only Supreme Court can take such a decision or Congress has to come to power with 300 plus seats.

Ghulam Nabi Azad | File Photo

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday while addressing a rally in Poonch said that he does not see the grand old party winning 300 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

#WATCH | Addressing a rally in J&K's Poonch, former CM & senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said he does not see the party winning 300 seats in the next general elections. pic.twitter.com/fsoRuCtnpH

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Speaking on reversing the decision of the government on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir said that only Supreme Court can take such a decision or Congress has to come power with 300 plus seats but he does not see that happening. However, he said he prays that Congress wins over 300 seats. 

"Only Supreme Court can decide on Article 370. Besides the apex court, only the ruling government can do it. The current government has abrogated it, how will they do it? And I cannot assure you that Congress will win 300 seats in the 2024 elections. I pray that Congress wins 300 seats but I don't see that happening now," said the Congress leader.

Earlier this week he urged political parties that they create such an environment that the states & the people start believing in elections and the political process can be carried out.

"I am not going into party politics now. I am not speaking against any party now because this is not the environment in the state right now where one party speaks against the other. Rather I would request that all political parties, instead of abusing each other, should create such an environment in the state that the people here start believing that the election can be held and the politics could be done," he had said.

"Usually, Union Territories are upgraded to State. But in our case, a State was downgraded to UT. It's like demoting DGP to a post of thanedaar (SHO), CM to MLA, and Chief Secretary to Patwari. No wise man can do this," he added.

During a rally in Kistwar district on Tuesday, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said, that people should support National Conference so that it becomes further strong to help "reverse the changes which were forced on the people of Jammu and Kashmir" on August 5, 2019, with the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two union territories.