NC was ‘betrayed by supporters’, Abdullahs say, after losing one Rajya Sabha seat from J&K

A time aft the BJP pulled a astonishment by winning 1 of the 4 Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference (NC) leaders said connected Saturday (October 25, 2025) that they had been “betrayed by our ain people”.

“We could person won each 4 seats. Those who promised america betrayed us. Such things hap successful elections,” NC president Farooq Abdullah said.

BJP campaigner Sat Sharma bagged 32 votes against the NC campaigner Imran Nabi Dar’s 22 votes, adjacent though the BJP lone has 28 members successful the J&K Assembly. Most Independent MLAs and determination parties had claimed to beryllium supporting the NC.

‘Refused BJP request’

The elder Abdullah claimed that the BJP had approached the NC up of the polling. “They came to america and asked america to springiness distant a spot without a contest. We refused and came to the tract and fought,” Dr. Abdullah said.

The NC won the remaining 3 Rajya Sabha seats from J&K and Dr. Abdullah thanked the Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti, the Congress, and Independents for “standing with” them.

‘Betrayed’

NC vice president and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the NC had been betrayed by those radical “who attended our meetings and ate with us”. 

“I americium satisfied that not a azygous NC ballot went astray. All the NC voters showed their ballot to the main agent. It would person been amended if they had openly said they wanted to enactment the BJP, similar our MLA from Handwara did,” Mr. Abdullah said.

However, Handwara MLA Sajad Gani Lone, who heads the J&K Peoples Conference, claimed that the NC had successful information supported the BJP. “NC legislators assisted the BJP successful securing 1 of the 4 seats. The other votes that went to the BJP came from the NC. Seven of their members supported the BJP. This was not cross-voting from others; they did it themselves,” Mr. Lone said. He had abstained from voting. 

Ms. Mufti, the PDP chief, congratulated the NC’s Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan Sahab, Sajjad Kichloo, and Shami Oberoi connected being elected to the Rajya Sabha. “I anticipation they volition usage this level to powerfully correspond and talk up for the radical of Jammu and Kashmir,” she said successful a station connected X.