CM Omar blames MLAs Outside his party for loss of 4th Seat

Srinagar : The National Conference (NC) today won three of the four Rajya Sabha seats but fell short of a clean sweep as BJP clinched the fourth seat. This was the first Rajya Sabha poll since the abrogation of Article 370 and downgrading of the erstwhile state into a union Territory in 2019. Jammu and Kashmir’s four Rajya Sabha seats had been vacant since February 2021, when the terms of Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmad Laway ended on February 15, and those of Fayaz Ahmad Mir and Shamsher Singh Manhas expired on February 10, that year. The three NC candidates who won are former Minister Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan, former Minister of State, Sajjad Kitchloo and Gurwinder Singh, also known as Shammi Oberoi. BJP’s J&K president Sat Sh

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