J&K: PDP to support National Conference in Rajya Sabha polls

People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that her party will support the Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling National Conference in the Rajya Sabha elections to four seats.

The polling for the four Rajya Sabha seats from the Union Territory, which have been vacant since 2021, will take place on Friday.

Mufti said that her party is willing to support three out of National Conference’s four candidates in the polls.

She expressed hope that, in turn, her party will receive support for its private member bills in the ongoing Assembly session, The Indian Express reported.

Mufti further said that she had spoken with National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah a few days earlier, adding that one of the ruling party’s candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls, Shammi Oberoi, had also visited her.

“They have given us assurance and we are putting our faith in his word,” The Indian Express quoted the People’s Democratic Party chief as saying. “[Chief Minister] Omar [Abdullah] sahab has also said that they will not obstruct any pro-people bill.”

The People’s Democratic Party will support the National Conference candidate as “third preference”, adding that although the ruling party did not “deserve it, our intent is that fascist and communal forces must be stopped at all costs”.

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