17Photo© hindustantimes.comAlliance talks on the table as Rahul Gandhi, Kharge arrive in Srinagar
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The duo was welcomed by enthused party workers at the airport and various locations in the city. They headed to the Grand Palace hotel on the banks of Dal Lake.
“We welcomed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. A meeting will be held on Thursday morning between Rahul Gandhi and local leaders and elections and alliance will be discussed,” Congress’s local unit vice-president Ghulam Nabi Monga said.
Notably, the Congress has already initiated talks on seat sharing with the National Conference. The party’s newly appointed local unit president Tariq Hameed Karra had on Monday said the party wants to forge an electoral alliance with like-minded political parties including the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party.
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