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Congress Pulls Out Of Rajya Sabha Race In Jammu Kashmir After NC Denies 'Safe Seat'

Congress's central leadership had demanded one safe seat from the National Conference, but it offered the party not so safe seat.

Srinagar: The political contest for the Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir is intensifying as candidates from the National Conference (NC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prepare to file their nominations on Monday. On the other hand, Congress opted out of the contest after being denied a safe seat by its alliance partner, NC.

Chief Spokesperson of NC and legislator Tanvir Sadiq said that his party has fielded three candidates, Sajad Kitchloo, Choudhary Ramzan, and Shammi Oberoi, for the first two notifications issued by the Election Commi

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