Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling National Conference on Monday fielded its Jammu District Development Council (DDC) member Shamim Begum for the by-election to the Nagrota Assembly constituency, which is going to polls along with Budgam on November 11.

This followed the Congress party’s decision to stay away from the by-election, leaving the Nagrota seat to its ally, National Conference, in an effort to realise its “larger goal” of defeating the BJP .

Days earlier, the NC had decided to contest all the four vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir after failing to reach an agreement with the Congress on which seat the latter should contest. The Rajya Sabha election will be held on October 24.

Both the National Conference and the Congress had contested the 2024 Assembly elections t

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