Srinagar/ New Delhi, April 8 -- The Congress and the J&K National Conference (NC) have sealed an alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid announced on Monday.

"Udhampur, Jammu and Ladakh will go to the Congress and the NC will contest in Anantnag, Baramulla and Srinagar," said Omar.

"Many people were curious what are we doing in J&K.... Whatever happens in J&K, it has a greater ramification," Khurshid added.

This alliance means that the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc that includes the Congress and the NC, would not be part of the arrangement.

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