Srinagar, Oct 22 (PTI) Ahead of the J-K Assembly session, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday sought to play down the absence of Congress from the meeting of the ruling alliance partners and expressed confidence that the national party will ensure that the BJP does not benefit from its action in the Rajya Sabha polls.

Ties between the NC and the Congress have been strained over the division of seats for the Rajya Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The NC had invited the legislators of its allies to the meeting, but no one turned up from the Congress which had a separate legislative party meeting.

"They (Congress) have their own process. There is a difference between their party and ours. Their leadership here has to wait for the signal of their high command. We take our decisions he

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