Vote for NC in RS polls, abstaining will help BJP: Omar to parties

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday appealed to non-BJP parties to vote for the National Conference candidates in the forthcoming Rajya Sabha polls, saying abstaining from the polls would benefit the BJP. Biennial elections to fill the four RS seats in Jammu and Kashmir, lying vacant since 2021, will be held on October 24.

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“I appeal to political parties not to stay away from the elections and prove that they are against the BJP because there are only two parties contesting the polls -- BJP and National Conference,” Abdullah told reporters in Baramulla district.