The Congress is open to talks with like-minded parties to strike a “respectable alliance” for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls,  party’s newly-appointed J&K chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Monday. He said both NC and PDP have opened channels with party leadership for an alliance.”To my knowledge, the National Conference has already approached the central leadership for an alliance,” Karra told reporter Asked if the People’s Democratic Party had approached the Congress for an alliance, he said, “At some level, talks have happened.”