Srinagar, Oct 24: The victorious Rajya Sabha members on Friday vowed to become the voice of Jammu and Kashmir people in the Parliament.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media persons, senior National Conference leader, Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan, who won the seat, according to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said, \u201cIt is a great victory today as the MLAs from NC, Congress, PDP and independents voted in the favour of NC candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Terming it as a win of NC President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Choudhary said that it is a rejection of the August 5, 2019 decision.<\/p>\n
Another victorious NC candidate, Shami Oberoi\u00a0 said that he is happy that three seats were won by the NC. \u201cIt is unfortunate that we have lost the fourth seat. We will become the voice of J&K people in the Parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Another winner and senior NC leader Sajad Kichloo thanked Almighty Allah, the leadership of the party including party President, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Vice-President Omar Abdullah and all the 56 MLAs, who cast their votes in his favour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to thank the people of Chenab, who stood behind me. The people have come from different parts of the Chenab and Jammu here to celebrate the win. It is a gift for the party and the people of Chenab,\u201d he said, adding that after 1982, Chenab has got a voice in the parliament.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to assure the people that I will serve the cause for which I have been sent to Rajya Sabha. We will strive hard to fight for the Statehood and special status restoration. We will work hard on these issues and expect that we will come up to the expectations of the party and the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
BJP leader, Sat Sharma, who won the fourth seat unexpectedly, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national President J PO Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for choosing\u00a0 him as the candidate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to thank the voters for voting in my favour. I will serve the people, nation and the party,\u201d he said, adding that he had talked to all the political parties and had sought votes from them. \u201cI want to thank the four voters, who voted from me today,\u201d he said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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