BJP stops NC clean sweep in J&K RS poll, wins 1 seat with 4 'extra' votes

SRINAGAR: BJP sprang a astonishment connected National Conference Friday successful J&K's archetypal Rajya Sabha predetermination since the abrogation of Article 370, clinching 1 of the 4 seats astatine involvement with 32 votes – 4 much than its existent spot of 28 successful the assembly.BJP campaigner Sat Sharma's triumph came amid allegations of cross-voting by the governing party, which had secured state Congress's backing and the absorption PDP's conditional enactment for the election. Supporters of BJP and NC were concisely locked successful a confrontation extracurricular the assembly aft the results were declared.While NC's victorious trio – Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan, Sajad Ahmad Kichloo and Shammi Oberoi – were expected to triumph the predetermination astatine a canter, Sharma's triumph led People's Conference legislator Sajad Lone to statement it a "fixed match".

Lone abstained from voting."Why did NC canvass other votes for campaigner 3? They didn't request to. They polled 31 votes for campaigner 3 erstwhile 29 would person sufficed. Even 28. That's due to the fact that BJP was warring for spot 4. Who cross-voted? Whose votes were rejected? And who was hand-in-glove?" helium said.Sharma, who heads the J&K portion of BJP, thanked each legislators who supported him. On the other votes helium received, the recently elected RS subordinate said helium had reached retired to everyone, irrespective of enactment affiliation, and "appealed to their interior conscience" to ballot for a campaigner who would enactment for the greater good.

"They listened to their conscience and voted for me," helium said.CM Omar Abdullah ruled retired cross-voting by anyone from his party. "All of NC's votes were intact crossed the 4 elections, arsenic endorsed by our predetermination cause aft seeing each polling slip. So, wherever did the other votes of BJP travel from? Who were the MLAs who deliberately invalidated their votes by marking a incorrect penchant fig portion voting?" helium said."Do they person the guts to enactment their hands up and ain up to helping BJP aft promising america their votes? What unit oregon inducement helped them marque this choice? Let's spot if immoderate of BJP's concealed squad ain up to selling their souls."Sharma's rival, NC's Imran Nabi Dar, accused BJP of horse-trading. "They won this spot contempt not having the numbers. They mightiness person bought these votes. Those who cross-voted should travel forward. Otherwise, we volition exposure them."