Srinagar, Oct. 26 -- War of words broke out between chief minister Omar Abdullah and People's Conference chairman Sajjad Lone after both accused each other for supporting BJP in Rajya Sabha polls.

The National Conference (NC) won three seats, while the BJP managed one. BJP legislator Sat Sharma got 32 votes despite the party having only 28 members in the House. It wasn't clear where the BJP candidate had got the extra four votes from.

CM Omar accused Handwara legislator Sajjad Lone for openly supporting BJP by abstaining from voting even as Lone blamed the NC legislators, for "cross voting" and termed the polls as a fixed match between NC and the BJP.

"Handwara MLA must have some compulsion, so he abstained as he doesn't want to vote a...