Jammu, Oct 6: The nomination process for biennial elections to four vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir was set in motion on Monday with the issuance of three separate “notices of election” by the Secretary, J&K Legislative Assembly.

Secretary J&K Legislative Assembly Manoj Kumar Pandit is the Returning Officer for the biennial election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha).

As per the first notice, the election is to be held by the elected Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly to fill the vacancy in that House caused by the retirement of Mir Muhammad Fayaz on February 10, 2021, on the expiration of his term of office.

As per the Returning officer, the nomination papers may be delivered by a candidate or by any of his proposers to him (Returning Offic

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