He also said that the poor performance of the BJP-backed Independent candidates and some like-minded parties in Kashmir was the reason behind the National Conference-Congress coalition hitting the majority mark.

The party has gained from delimitation and other steps that the Centre took to change the electoral map of the region.

BJP scripted a victory in Haryana, trumping widely held expectations that it will struggle to go past the majority mark while J&K gave a clear mandate to the familiar combination of NC and Congress in its first election post the abrogation of Article 370.