SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah reached out Thursday to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti ahead of Rajya Sabha (RS) elections in J&K next week, seeking support for the governing party’s candidate for one of four seats that his ally Congress chose not to contest, terming it “weak”. Mehbooba responded by asking NC to back some PDP-submitted bills in the assembly, including one against settlers’ eviction. “Farooq Sahib called me and asked for support. I told him we have submitted some bills in the assembly and sought support from NC for them, including the ‘anti-bulldozer’ bill to stop evictions and to regularise the land of those who have been in continuous possession for 30 years. Their houses, shops, and other properties are at stake,” Mehbooba said. Another of t

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