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All India Congress Committee (AICC) wide caput Ghulam Ahmad Mir connected Monday (October 13, 2025) said the National Conference (NC) should person taken each like-minded parties into assurance earlier finalising its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls successful Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking to reporters successful Anantnag district, Mr. Mir exuded assurance that nary non-BJP MLA volition ballot for the party's candidates successful the polls.
Biennial elections to capable 4 Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, which person been lying vacant since 2021, volition beryllium held connected Friday (October 24, 2025).
Separately, Rajya Sabha bypoll to capable the vacancy created by the resignation of Aam Adami Party (AAP) subordinate from Punjab, Sanjeev Arora, volition besides beryllium held connected Friday (October 24, 2025).
"The Chief Minister should person taken into assurance each like-minded parties earlier naming their [NC] candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections," Mr. Mir said.
"There are 60 non-BJP MLAs successful the 88-member House. I americium assured that the BJP volition not get adjacent 1 of those 60 votes. They are facing interior problems and it is hard for them to negociate wrong their party," helium said.
Mr. Mir said the Congress sought a harmless spot from its confederation spouse NC to contention the Rajya Sabha elections, but determination was nary effect from the determination party.
"We wanted to tract a campaigner for the archetypal 3 seats, but they offered america the 4th seat, which was not safe. Therefore, the Congress decided not to tract a campaigner for the 4th seat," Mr. Mir said.
Jammu and Kashmir has been unrepresented successful the Rajya Sabha since February 15, 2021, the time Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway finished their terms.
Two different members, Fayaz Ahmed Mir and Shamsheer Singh Manhas, completed their presumption connected February 10,2021 successful the aforesaid year.
