The president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, Tariq Hamid Karra, on Sunday said his party would not contest the October 24 Rajya Sabha elections to four seats in the Union Territory in view of alliance partner National Conference refusing it a 'safe seat'.

Addressing mediapersons after a marathon meeting of party leaders here, Karra said it has been unanimously agreed that the Congress will not contest the Rajya Sabha polls.

The Congress central leadership had sought one of the two Rajya Sabha seats that are going to polls separately but National Conference offered the party one of the two seats, which are going to polls under a common notification, Karra said.

"Keeping this in mind, all participants (at the meeting) were of the opinion that seat four is not safe li

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