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Political parties in J-K welcome EC’s announcement of Rajya Sabha polls
Updated On: 24 September, 2025 07:32 PM IST | Jammu | mid-day online correspondent
The UT has been unrepresented in the Upper House of Parliament since February 15, 2021, the day when Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway completed their terms. Two other members, Fayaz Ahmed Mir and Shamsher Singh Manhas, had completed their term on February 10 in the same year
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Biennial elections to fill the four seats, lying vacant since 2021, will be held on October 24, the poll body announced earlier in the day. Representational pic
"Better late than never” was the common refrain among political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as they welcomed the Election Commission’s (EC’s) decision to hold elections to four vacant Rajya Sabha seats from the Union Territory next month, news agency PTI reported.
Biennial elections to fill the four seats, lying vacant since 2021, will be held on October 24, the poll body announced earlier in the day.
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