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J&K: National Conference to contest all 4 RS seats; ally Congress wants one
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Times of India
Party spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq told TOI the party would contest all seats and win comfortably.
He added that BJP would “lose comfortably” if they entered the fray.On September 24, the ECI announced that polling for the four Rajya Sabha seats in J&K would take place on October 24.
Congress has six MLAs and CPM has one, giving the NC-Congress alliance the backing of 53 members.
Opposition BJP has 28 seats, while PDP has three, and PC and AAP have one each.
Two seats are vacant as Omar, Omar vacated Budgam, choosing to retain Ganderbal, while BJP legislator Davinder Singh Rana, who represented Nagrota, passed away.