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National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed  disappointment over missing out on a potential fourth seat to the BJP, attributing it to "some unfulfilled promises", a setback he described as part of the electoral process.

 

He however, expressed gratitude and praised the unity within the party and the support extended by the Congress and other allies after it secured three Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the media, Abdullah said, "I am grateful that all MLAs of our party stayed united and our party achieved success... Other parties, including Congress, supported us... We could have won the 4th seat as well but due to some unfulfilled promises, it couldn't happen. We are disappointed with that but such things tend to happen during elections..." 

 

Farooq Abdullah also claimed that the BJP approached the NC asking not to contest the elections, but the party refused."BJP came to us asking not to contest the elections, but we denied their proposal," he said. The ruling Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) won three out of four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

 

Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan, Sajad Kichloo and Shammi Oberoi of the National Conference and Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Sat Paul Sharma were elected to the Rajya Sabha from the Union Territory.All four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir have been vacant since February 2021, following the retirement of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Shamsher Singh, and Nazir Ahmed Laway.

 

Denying allegations, the NC chief said that there was no question of gifting 7 votes to the BJP.“If that is the case then how was our candidate able to get 21 votes,” he said, adding that the party rejected BJP’s offer and decided to contest on the fourth seat as well.

He thanked all parties including the Congress, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), AIP and independents for supporting NC candidates in the Rajya Sabha elections.Three NC candidates won Rajya Sabha elections while BJP secured one seat unexpectedly by defeating the NC candidate