INDI Alliance Just a Photo-Op, Will Not Stand Anywhere, J&K BJP Leader Ashok Koul Says

New Delhi: A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) asserted that it would go solo in elections in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary for Jammu and Kashmir Ashok Koul on Thursday said INDI (Indian National Developmental Inclusive) alliance is just a photo-op and will not stand anywhere in country, news agency PTI reported.

“Our leers h alrey said that it ( idea of forming a bloc) was for a photo session, and nothing else", PTI quoted Ashok Koul as saying. He was speaking to reporters on sidelines of an event organised as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationwide interaction with first-time voters on National Voters Day.

“y ed photos and you will see what will happen to this alliance”, Koul reportedly said, even as he quipped, “You saw what happened in West Bengal, Delhi and Punjab: what else remains re? We believe that this alliance will not stand anywhere”.

Responding to a query on impending assembly elections in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Koul reportedly stated that polls will take place. “re is a decision by Supreme Court as well and it will happen,” Koul told PTI, while referring to top court's ruling, directing Election Commission to conduct elections to Jammu and Kashmir Assembly before September 30 this year. directions from apex court came as it was pronouncing verdict on a batch of petitions challenging revocation of Article 370.

On matter of Assam government stopping Congress leer Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ from entering some places in state, Koul asserted, “such decisions are taken after assessing situation, but party was not against any person’s wishes”.

Koul furr said, “ Assam government may have stopped him somewhere, but it is not like that he was deliberately or forcibly stopped", according to PTI. "Some steps are taken after assessing situation… and it is not like we are against anyone or oppose anyone or will not allow someone to fulfil his wishes,” he ded.

(With inputs from PTI)