Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday that his father and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah called the Opposition People’s Democratic Party’s chief Mehbooba Mufti and asked for her support in the Rajya Sabha elections that will be held on October 24.

Speaking after the NC held its Legislative Party meeting ahead of the J&K Assembly session that begins Thursday, Omar said he is hopeful that his party’s candidates will secure wins in all four vacant Rajya Sabha seats from J&K.

On Mufti’s response to the NC president, Omar said, “She has assured that she will take the right decision after speaking to her party colleagues.”

NC’s Legislative Party meeting on Wednesday was joined by allied Independent MLAs and the CPI(M)’s M Y Tarigami. However, the Congr

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