Published on February 7, 2015
Elections to four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir are underway. Seven candidates are in the fray including Congress’ Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Besides Azad, the other contestants are PDP’s Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmad Laway,BJP’s Shamsher Singh and Chander Mohan Sharma; and Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo and Nasir Aslam Wani of NC.
Both BJP-PDP and NC-Congress are fighting the elections under seat sharing arrangements.