Sinking its differences with the ruling National Conference (NC) hours before polling for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress party on Thursday evening issued a whip directing its six MLAs to vote for the NC candidates on Friday.

Announcing the decision in Srinagar, the J&K UT Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra said, “We have pushed all our differences with the NC to the backburner to prove our commitment to our ethos.”

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He read out a statement that the Congress, after two rounds of deliberations since yesterday and following detailed consultations with the central leadership, who had sought certain clarifications and inputs from them, has collectively arrived at the decision to support NC. “Taking into account our sensitivities as a suffering sta

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