Srinagar, Oct. 25 -- J&K Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Saturday delivered a searing critique of the Rajya Sabha elections, asserting that the outcome laid bare a pre-arranged understanding between the BJP and the National Conference, terming it a "fixed match".

"Debates may have winners and losers and those outcomes can be debated, but mathematics is absolute. Two plus two always equals four. Yesterday, it was proven beyond doubt that there was a fixed arrangement between BJP and NC: 'You take one, we take the other,'" Lone declared.

Breaking down the arithmetic, he observed that candidate number three needed 28.1 votes to secure victory. "Anyone with basic mathematical understanding knows that 29 votes wou...