Lone accuses NC of gifting 7 votes to BJP to win RS seat from J&K
The NC won three seats, while the BJP managed one in the first Rajya Sabha elections held yesterday in J&K after it became a Union territory in 2019.
The NC won three seats, while the BJP managed one in the first Rajya Sabha elections held yesterday in J&K after it became a Union territory in 2019.
He said that the BJP has always placed the nation’s unity, integrity, and the welfare of common citizens as its top priority, and today’s victory reaffirms that very policy.
Rejecting allegations of cross-voting by the ruling National Conference (NC) MLAs in the polling for four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister and NC vice-president Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the party’s votes had remained intact and questioned where the four extra votes for BJP president Sat Sharma came from.
BJP had fielded its candidates on three of the four seats but only Sat Sharma won, while the two other candidates Rakesh Mahajan and Ali Mohammad Mir lost the election.
Announcing the decision in Srinagar, the J&K UT Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra said, “We have pushed all our differences with the NC to the backburner to prove our commitment to our ethos.”
The Rajya Sabha elections for six seats in Maharashtra could go uncontested as the BJP has nominated only three candidates for the polls — Chavan, Medha Kulkarni, and Dr Ajeet Gopchade.
She said she will not contest the next Lok Sabha elections because of health reasons and increasing age.
According to a communique issued by Congress general secretary in-charge of organisation KC Venugopal, the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson is the party’s nominee in Rajasthan.
Tomorrow is the last date of nominations for 10 RS sears from UP. If required, polling will be held on February 27.
Bishnoi was upset with the party after he was denied state President post and had said he will only take a decision after meeting Rahul Gandhi but the meeting did not take place.
