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No pact with Congress, NC to contest all six seats in J&K

By Anuj Cariappa
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Srinagar, Mar 19: The National Conference and the Congress have been in talks for the past few days for a pre-poll alliance.

No pact with Congress, NC to contest all six seats in J&K

The Parliamentary board of the National Conference met here this evening after which a decision to contest all the six Lok Sabha seats was taken, the party said.

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Seemingly, the talks could not move as there were differences over seat-sharing, sources said.

But, in what could be seen as a possible opportunity for a tie-up, NC sources said the party's Parliamentary Board left the final decision on party's patron Farooq Abdullah. "based on the national scenario".

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Meanwhile, an NC spokesman said Abdullah will seek reelection from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat while former Jammu and Kashmir speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone will be the party's candidate from the Baramulla constituency.

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