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No dates yet on J&K's vacant RS seats

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April 16, 2025

The election commission is yet to announce the schedule for elections to fill the four seats from Jammu and Kashmir that have remained vacant in the Rajya Sabha since 2021 and there is no clarity on whether the vacancies will be filled anytime soon, said people aware of the details.

- Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI:

Gulam Ali, who was nominated in 2022, is the lone member of the Upper House from the Union Territory.

According to a functionary aware of the details, the Rajya Sabha polls are expected to be conducted after the state election commission announces the schedule for bypolls to fill two vacant assembly seats in the UT. While Nagrota fell vacant after the demise of BJP legislator Devender Rana, Budgam was vacated by chief minister Omar Abdullah, who had contested from two constituencies. He currently represents Ganderbal in the 95-member state assembly, which has 90 elected members and five nominated ones.

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