Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS) As a crucial meeting of Congress leaders in Jammu and Kashmir chaired by State Congress President, Tariq Hameed Karra, was still underway on Sunday in Srinagar, top party sources said that a consensus has emerged among the Congress leaders that the party should pull out of its alliance with the ruling National Conference (NC).

The Congress with six MLAs in the 90-member State Assembly is supporting the Omar Abdullah-led NC government from outside without joining it.

Cracks appeared in the NC-Congress alliance after the NC announced its three candidates for the three Rajya Sabha seats and offered the fourth seat to the Congress in which the BJP has a clear edge over the alliance.

As per the distribution of votes for the fourth Rajya Sabha seat, the BJP has 28 vote

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