Jammu, Oct. 10 -- All hopes of the Congress to secure a Rajya Sabha seat from Jammu and Kashmir were dashed today after the ruling National Conference (NC) announced its three candidates for the upcoming elections to the four vacant seats of the Upper House of Parliament.
As the ruling coalition is comfortably placed to win three seats, the National Conference declared its nominees for these "safe" constituencies and is likely to leave the remaining "risky" seat for its coalition partner, the Congress.
Although no Congress leader was willing to officially comment on the development, party sources described it as a serious setback, as the Congress had been demanding a safe seat. "We were demanding a safe seat, not the risky one where the B...