Srinagar: National Conference (NC)’s Rajya Sabha winning candidate Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan on Friday said his party’s win on three seats has once again proved that the decisions taken on August 5, 2019, have been “rejected”.
“This is the win of the NC and its policies and programmes. This election has once again shown that the legislators of the state, who have been elected by the people, have rejected the decisions of 2019,” Ramzan told reporters here after his win.
The NC’s MP-elect said the party MPs will vociferously raise the issues of the people in the Parliament.
Another winning candidate from the NC, G S Oberoi, also known as Shammi Oberoi, expressed happiness over the party’s win in three seats. He, however, lamented that the party could not emerge victorious in the fourth seat.
“It feels very good to win three seats; there is an atmosphere of joy, but we could not win the fourth seat. Our endeavour now will be to raise the voices of people in the Parliament,” Oberoi said.
Meanwhile, NC candidate Imran Nabi Dar alleged horse-trading by the BJP as four MLAs who had promised their support to the ruling party candidate “cross-voted” in the Rajya Sabha polls.
“We have said earlier that the BJP does not fight elections in a normal way. Today, it has come to light.
“The BJP did not have the numbers to win this seat. They had only 28 MLAs. How did they get 32? It is clear that horse trading has happened,” Dar told reporters here after the poll results.
Dar said the BJP “used all its resources to put this seat in their kitty” even though they did not have the numbers.
“They must have bought four votes. Those four people had promised these votes to us. If they have any shame left, they should come forward and admit that they voted for the BJP,” he said.
He, however, said the party was working to “expose who all cross-voted after making promises to us”.
On his defeat, the NC state spokesperson said he was disappointed, “but we knew from the beginning that it was a risky seat”.
The UT, with four Rajya Sabha seats, had remained unrepresented in the Upper House since February 15, 2021, the day when Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway completed their terms.
Two other members — Fayaz Ahmed Mir and Shamsheer Singh Manhas — completed their terms on February 10 the same year.
