The National Conference and the BJP on Saturday rejected allegations that the Rajya Sabha polls were a "fixed match", with NC president Farooq Abdullah saying his party had rejected an offer from the BJP and had preferred a contest.

Abdullah also denied the charge by People's Conference chief and MLA from Handwara, Sajad Lone, that the NC had "gifted" seven votes to the BJP.

On Friday, the ruling NC won three seats, while the BJP managed one in the first Rajya Sabha elections held in Jammu and Kashmir after it became a Union territory in 2019.

J-K BJP president Sat Sharma defeated NC candidate Imran Nabi Dar by securing 32 votes.

"Had we gifted it, then how did our fourth candidate secure 21 votes? We did not give any gift. They (BJP) had come to us (saying) -- let there not be an elec

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