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The enigma of the cross-voting legislators, who “deliberately” invalidated votes during the precocious concluded Rajya Sabha predetermination successful Jammu and Kashmir, deepened connected Monday (October 27, 2025).
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said helium wanted to cognize the names of the legislators who had voted successful favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “There were radical who sold their conscience. They are answerable to Allah and Bhagwan. I privation their names would travel forward,” Mr. Abdullah said.
The ruling National Conference (NC) connected October 24 won 3 Rajya Sabha seats, and mislaid 1 spot to the BJP contempt having the numbers. The BJP, with conscionable 28 votes successful the J&K Assembly, managed to unafraid 34 votes successful the 4th circular of voting for the Rajya Sabha seats.
“One Independent MLA admitted to maine that helium formed his ballot wrongly successful the 3rd round. However, for the 4th seat, 4 votes were formed successful favour of the BJP, and 3 were deliberately destroyed. It is evident the BJP attempted to lure people. Induced oregon thing [else], lone the BJP tin answer,” Mr. Abdullah said.
The predetermination of members to the Rajya Sabha successful the 88-member J&K Assembly saw the BJP pitted against the ruling alliance, with each section Opposition parties coming together. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) besides extended their enactment to the NC-Congress alliance, which had 47 members.
In the archetypal round, the NC campaigner managed 58 votes. J&K Peoples Conference main Sajad Lone decided to abstain.
“We decided to combat for the 4th seat. However, from time one, it became hard erstwhile the Handwara MLA (Mr. Lone) decided to enactment away,” Mr. Abdullah said.
The contented of cross-voting gripped the J&K Assembly connected Monday arsenic ruling confederation members raised slogans of ‘Vote chori’ (stealing). “Sarei raaz khol dunga (I volition uncover each the secrets),” J&K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said. However, Mr. Choudhary, too, did not sanction immoderate idiosyncratic oregon enactment connected the question of cross-voting.
Meanwhile, BJP person and the Leader of the Opposition successful the J&K Assembly said helium did not cognize who had voted for his party. “The time I travel to know, I volition sojourn them and convey them. We person reached retired to each parties and individuals for support,” Mr. Sharma said.
The NC is incapable to place the cross-voters. The enactment says the voting cause cross-checked and recovered each the NC votes were intact.
The Congress and the PDP besides claimed they had voted for the alliance. However, independents oregon single-member parties had nary polling cause to validate their voting pattern.
