Jammu, Oct 20: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Monday said the ruling National Conference (NC) will fight the bypolls to Nagrota and Budgam assembly seats on public issues, the biggest being the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. He expressed confidence that the voters in both the constituencies will ensure the win of the NC candidates to strengthen the hands of party president Farooq Abdullah and chief minister Omar Abdullah. NC fielded District Development Council (DDC) member Shamim Begum from Nagrota and former minister Agha Syed Mehmood from Budgam. The two seats are going to the by-elections on November 11. A by-election was necessitated in Nagrota by the demise of BJP legislator Devender Singh Rana on Octobe

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