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The ruling National Conference (NC) connected Monday (October 13, 2025) decided to tract candidates for each 4 Rajya Sabha seats successful the by-elections scheduled for October 24. The announcement came a time aft conjugation spouse Congress expressed unhappiness and decided against fielding immoderate candidate. Meanwhile, the BJP filed nominations for 3 seats successful Jammu and Kashmir.
“One spot was offered to the Congress but they decided not to tract a candidate. We felt the 4th spot offered the champion accidental of triumph for the Congress. However, they felt otherwise. We volition tract candidates connected each 4 seats,” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and NC vice president Omar Abdullah said.
There is increasing friction betwixt the NC and the Congress implicit the Rajya Sabha elections. The Congress has accused the erstwhile of denying it a harmless spot arsenic promised and said it was forced to enactment retired of the contest.
The NC named enactment spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar arsenic the 4th candidate. All 4 NC candidates including Mr. Dar, Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan, Sajad Kichloo and Shammi Oberoi submitted their information papers connected Monday.
This has acceptable the signifier for a nonstop contention betwixt the ruling NC and the Opposition BJP successful the by-elections successful J&K. The BJP has filed nominations for 3 seats.
Assembly creation
The 90-member J&K Legislative Assembly presently has 88 legislators arsenic 2 seats successful Budgam and Nagrota are vacant. The NC-Congress harvester has 52 legislators, including 41 from the NC, six from the Congress and 5 Independents. The BJP has 27 legislators, the Peoples Democratic Party has three, portion the J&K Peoples Conference and Engineer Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Party person 1 each.
Three notifications person been issued for the 4 seats. The NC is comfortably placed for 2 but would request enactment from Independents and smaller parties similar the PDP, JKPC and AIP for a third.
“The BJP falls abbreviated by 2 legislators and needs 30 votes to triumph the 4th seat. No MLA different than their 27 person supported them successful the past 1 year. It is wealth power, musculus powerfulness and the power of agencies that tin triumph them seats successful J&K. This predetermination volition amusement who is with the BJP and who is against it. Anyone abstaining oregon favouring the BJP volition beryllium known,” Mr. Abdullah said.
The BJP said it was assured of winning much than 1 seat. Minister of State successful the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Ali Khatana accompanied the party’s 3 nominees Sat Sharma, Dr. Ali Muhammad Mir and Rakesh Mahajan arsenic they filed their nominations connected Monday.
“There is nary question of cross-voting oregon related issues. Our candidates volition look victorious successful the Rajya Sabha election,” Mr. Singh said.
BJP campaigner Sharma said the enactment was gaining enactment successful Kashmir. “These elections are going to marque history. We volition marque each effort to triumph much than 1 seat. People are unhappy with the NC, which lone talks astir statehood and does nary work,” helium said.
Dr. Mir, the BJP’s campaigner from Kashmir, said the party’s determination to tract a campaigner from the Muslim-majority Valley was a historical moment. “I americium honoured to beryllium entrusted with this work by the enactment of our nation,” helium said.
