Srinagar, Oct 11 (IANS) After the National Conference (NC) announced its candidates for the three Rajya Sabha seats and offered Congress the ‘risky’ fourth seat, a deadlock has hit the offer as sources suggest the Congress would rather have liked a ‘safer’ seat for it to contest.

As per the electoral college vote division, the BJP with 28 votes has a clear edge over the NC alliance on the fourth Rajya Sabha seat as the alliance has only 24 votes for this seat.

For the otherwise three safe seats, the NC on Friday announced its candidates, Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan, Sajad Kichloo and Sammi Oberoi.

Senior NC leader and party’s General secretary, Ali Mohammad Sagar, and Advisor to Omar Abdullah, Nasir Aslam Wani on Friday told media, “Candidates have been decided for three Rajya Sabha seats

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