Elections to four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir will be held
today Saturday Feb 07,2015 with seven candidates in the fray including Congress' Ghulam Nabi
Azad, current Leader of Opposition in the Upper House of Parliament, who
faces a tough test.
Besides Congress' Ghulam Nab Azad, the other contestants are -
Peoples Democratic Party's Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmad Laway;
BJP's Shamsher Singh and Chander Mohan Sharma; and Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo and
Nasir Aslam Wani of NC.
Both BJP-PDP and National Conference-Congress are fighting the elections under seat sharing arrangements.
The PDP, with 28 seats, is the single-largest party in the state Assembly, which is currently in suspended animation, while the BJP has 25 seats in the 87-member house.
Given the party position in the Assembly, the BJP-PDP combine is likely to win 3 seats and Azad, who has the support of 28 members including 12 of Congress, 15 of NC and CPI-M member M Y Tarigami, can win another term if two more members support him.
Senior Congress leader and leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad was re-elected to the Upper House on Saturday along with two members from the People's Democratic Party and one from the BJP from Jammu and Kashmir.
Nazir Ahmad Laway and Fayaz Ahmad Mir of the PDP were elected to the first and third seats while Shamsher Singh Manhas of the BJP was elected under the second notification.
Besides Congress' Ghulam Nab Azad, the other contestants are -
Peoples Democratic Party's Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmad Laway;
BJP's Shamsher Singh and Chander Mohan Sharma; and Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo and
Nasir Aslam Wani of NC.
Both BJP-PDP and National Conference-Congress are fighting the elections under seat sharing arrangements.
The PDP, with 28 seats, is the single-largest party in the state Assembly, which is currently in suspended animation, while the BJP has 25 seats in the 87-member house.
Given the party position in the Assembly, the BJP-PDP combine is likely to win 3 seats and Azad, who has the support of 28 members including 12 of Congress, 15 of NC and CPI-M member M Y Tarigami, can win another term if two more members support him.
Senior Congress leader and leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad was re-elected to the Upper House on Saturday along with two members from the People's Democratic Party and one from the BJP from Jammu and Kashmir.
Nazir Ahmad Laway and Fayaz Ahmad Mir of the PDP were elected to the first and third seats while Shamsher Singh Manhas of the BJP was elected under the second notification.
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