"NC’s worst will be 35 seats…Budgam locals wanted Omar to contest…For us this poll is about sending a message on Article 370"

NC ally Congress is silent on Article 370.
It is enough that Congress’s principled stand is for restoration of Article 370. But we understand that the atmosphere in the rest of the country is not such that Congress would openly support Article 370. We have a bigger fight at the national level to defeat communal forces, and if Congress at the moment is not so vocal on 370, we understand that.
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