Jammu: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Sunday, announced its list of three candidates for the vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, for which elections will be held on October 24.

With the announcement, the BJP will be fighting for three out of the four Rajya Sabha seats from the union territory.

The party has decided to field its UT president, Sat Pal Sharma, and leaders Rakesh Mahajan and Ghulam Mohammed Mir.

Of the four Rajya Sabha seats, the BJP has an edge on the fourth seat for which the party has fielded Sat Sharma. Read Also Manipur Police Rifleman Arrested With Contraband Drugs; Two More Peddlers Held In Crackdown

According to the electoral college vote division, the BJP has 28 votes while the National Conference (NC) alliance has 24 votes for the fourth Ra

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