Differences over seat-sharing in J&K polls

SRINAGAR: Senior Congress leaders arrived here on Monday to hold deliberations with the National Conference to iron out differences over seat-sharing for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.

Congress leaders, including party’s general secretary organisation, K C Venugopal, Salman Khurshid, and J-K in-charge Bharat Solanki, arrived at the residence of NC president Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah in Gupkar area here, to hold talks over seat sharing, leaders in both the parties said.

They said the meeting was necessitated after “some differences” cropped up in seat-sharing arrangement during the talks between the local leadership of the parties.

The leaders said both the parties have agreed over the seat-sharing formula to a large extent.