Summary:
Today, when the Election Commission announced the Lok Sabha election dates, it could not announce the dates for the Jammu & Kashmir elections. "Congress may not have friends in its fight against BJP at the moment, but friends can always be made post-poll," Sangma said. GUWAHATI: Congress finds itself friendless in the northeast in its preparations for the Lok Sabha election, with its fight turning into a test of survival and not one for victory in the region.Congress has eight MPs in the outgoing Lok Sabha. And while BJP speaks of expansion, Congress has to plan for survival.Until just five years ago, the region was a Congress stronghold. When it did rely on coalition politics, the arrangements were never too stable but did not come in the way of Congress retaining its bastions.But the 2014 Lok Sabha election changed all that..