Rift In Alliance: Congress holds back as NC files nominations for 4 RS seats in J&K

Srinagar: Tensions have risen within the alliance between the National Conference (NC) and Congress ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, with the Congress expressing displeasure over the NC’s decision not to allocate it a ‘safe seat’, as four NC candidates filed their nomination papers in Srinagar. The Congress party on Sunday announced not to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha election after its alliance partner, the National Conference (NC), refused it a ‘safe seat’. Polling will be held on October 24 for the four vacant seats of the Rajya Sabha. Confirming that the Congress was missing from the paper filing by NC candidates on all the four seats, Pradesh Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra said this was bound to happen as we have decided not to field our candidate for the Rajya Sabh