SRINAGAR, Oct 14: BJP candidate for Rajya Sabha polls, Sat Sharma, got an early shot in the arm as People’s Conference president Sajad Lone on Tuesday said his party will abstain from voting in the upcoming elections.

Lone also said he will not vote for the National Conference candidate in any of the four Jammu and Kashmir seats in the upper house of Parliament.

“I would rather die than vote for the National Conference. Stop dictating to us who we should vote for and who we should not. You cannot label us. You are not a prince,” Lone, referring to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, told reporters here.

While the victory of three National Conference candidates should be a foregone conclusion in view of the respective party strengths in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, BJP’s Sharma

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