Jammu, May 2 -- The Congress late on Wednesday declared Tsering Namgyal, who is the Leader of Opposition in LAHDC, Leh, as its candidate for the Lok Sabha poll from Ladakh, said former minister and senior Congress leader Rigzin Jora.

Earlier in the day, local leaders of Congress and National Conference (NC) from Kargil announced Haji Hanifa Jan as their candidate from the Ladakh seat.

But Jora told The Tribune that the name of Haji Hanifa Jan was declared by the Kargil unit of Congress and NC to pressurise the party."Ladakh, under INDIA bloc, was supposed to go to the Congress and Haji is an NC leader. It is not possible for Congress to go with an NC leader even while we are in an alliance," Jora said.

Earlier, NC and Congress leaders ...