{"id":17310,"date":"2026-08-27T19:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17310"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:53:23","slug":"cong-declines-nc-invite-to-join-omar-govt-cites-principled-stand-on-jks-statehood-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17310","title":{"rendered":"Cong declines NC invite to join Omar govt, cites \u2018principled stand\u2019 on J&#038;K\u2019s statehood | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133576538,imgsize-158040,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/congress-and-nc.jpg\" alt=\"Cong declines NC invite to join Omar govt, cites \u2018principled stand\u2019 on J&amp;K\u2019s statehood\" title=\"Congress rejects NC's offer to join J&amp;K cabinet, citing principled stand to stay out until statehood is restored.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Congress rejects NC's offer to join J&amp;K cabinet, citing principled stand to stay out until statehood is restored.\">Congress rejects NC&#8217;s offer to join J&amp;K cabinet, citing principled stand to stay out until statehood is restored.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: Congress Thursday turned down a proposal by National Conference (NC) to join the Omar Abdullah govt in J&amp;K, saying the party would not deviate from its stand to stay away from the ministry until statehood was restored.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>\u201cThere is no doubt that NC is interested in seeing Congress join the cabinet. But Congress has taken a principled stand that until statehood is restored, it will not join the J&amp;K govt. We have taken the usurpation of constitutional rights seriously. That\u2019s why we have always maintained that Congress is an ally of the NC govt, but a cabinet berth is not acceptable to us until the constitutional right of J&amp;K is restored,\u201d J&amp;K Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra said, adding, \u201cWith the Congress leadership at the highest level backing this position, we will not compromise on our principled stand.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Karra said Congress would continue to support and stand by the NC govt whenever it \u201cfeels threatened by BJP\u201d, but that did not mean the party would not raise issues concerning the people, such as inflation and power tariff hike.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The response came after deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary said earlier in the day that NC was hopeful Congress would join the Omar govt and make it stronger. NC had earlier invited Congress to join the govt ahead of cabinet expansion, Nasir Aslam Wani, adviser to the CM, said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/cong-declines-nc-invite-to-join-omar-govt-cites-principled-stand-on-jks-statehood\/articleshow\/133576237.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress rejects NC&#8217;s offer to join J&amp;K cabinet, citing principled stand to stay out until statehood is restored. SRINAGAR: Congress Thursday turned down a proposal by National Conference (NC) to join the Omar Abdullah govt in J&amp;K, saying the party would not deviate from its stand to stay away from the ministry until statehood was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/congress-and-nc.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Congress rejects NC&#8217;s offer to join J&amp;K cabinet, citing principled stand to stay out until statehood is restored. 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