Senior National Conference (NC) leader Devender Singh Rana on Sunday declared that the Congress' decision of fighting polls alone did not come as a surprise to his party, and maintained that National Conference had let known its decision to part ways with the Congress to the latter's high command earlier this month.
"Not surprising for us as Omar Abdullah had conveyed wish to fight polls alone when he met Mrs.Gandhi earlier this month, however the chief minister restrained himself from going to the media at that point of time," Rana said.
Rana also expressed confidence on the Omar government completing its full term in office.
"No threat to present coalition Government (in JandK),but now we (Cong and NC)have decided to contest Assembly polls separately," he added.
Congress today announced a major decision of fighting alone the assembly elections in the state.
This decision of the Congress comes on the same day when the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today announced that it was breaking its alliance with Congress in the state in a series of tweets.
Abdullah tweeted saying, "I met the Mrs Gandhi 10 days ago and thanked her for all her support."
His second tweet said," I conveyed NC's decision to fight the elections alone I explained the reasons but also told her I wouldn't be making a public announcement because I didn't want it to look opportunistic."
And the final tweet said, "For it to be spun now as a Cong decision is wrong and a complete distortion of the facts, not surprising but incorrect none the less."
The elections are scheduled to be held towards the end of this year as the term of the current assembly expires on January 4, 2015.
