Jammu, January 25, (Scoop News)_Jammu and Kashmir National Conference is likely to field its party president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, as a candidate in the forthcoming Upper House (Rajya Sabha) elections to be held on February seven, a senior party leader, requesting not to be named, told Scoop News.
“All members want Dr Sahab (Farooq Abdullah) to be the party candidate for Rajya Sabha. Nobody disapproves the choice and there is a virtual consensus on his name”, he added.
Interestingly, former chief minister and working president of the party, Omar Abdullah, had floated the idea when he asked Congress party to support Dr Farooq Abdullah for Rajya Sabha elections.
“And what of Dr Abdullah’s chances if Congress supports him”? he asked in response to a tweet by a journalist that Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Upper House, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has chance of getting re –elected to Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir if National Conference supports him.
“We have certain constitutional obligations to fulfill before we would formally announce his candidature, like oath, filing of nomination form etc”, NC leader said.
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