India, Oct. 12 -- Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Sunil Sharma on Monday accused the Congress of rigging the 1987 Assembly elections, alleging that the National Conference and the Abdullah family had benefited from electoral malpractice.

Speaking to reporters at Dalgate in Srinagar, Sharma was responding to the INDIA bloc's campaign over alleged electoral irregularities and its demand for greater transparency in elections.

"If this allegation applies to anyone, then it applies to the rigging of 1987. The biggest allegation in the country is the rigging of 1987. It is the theft of 1987," Sharma said.

"Congress has stolen votes here. 1987 is an example in the whole world," he said, adding that the Abdul...