By Admin 
A day after losing one seat to the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday (October 25) said the National Conference (NC) had tried its best to win all four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, but the final result of 3-1 shows both success and disappointment at the end of the polling.
Speaking to the media, Omar Abdullah said that there should be no doubt on the result of 3-1 because we had tried everything possible to win by 4-0, but unfortunately some people cheated us in the last stage of voting.
CM Abdullah said, “Now it is very clear who supported us and who did not, although I do not find it right to take anyone’s name here. It is really sad, but I am thankful to all those who stood with us till the end. As far as those who withdrew their support at the last moment, it is disappointing.”
‘Not a single vote was cross-voted’
However, CM Omar said with full confidence that not a single vote of the National Conference was cross-voted or spoiled and it would not be right to name those MLAs who voted against the alliance and in favor of BJP. He said that I am satisfied that not even a single vote of NC went astray.
NC won 3 out of 4 seats
This came after allegations that some of the seven MLAs either voted for the BJP or ‘deliberately’ spoiled their votes during the Rajya Sabha elections in which the National Conference won three out of four seats, while the BJP managed to win only one seat despite the support of its 28 members.
BJP’s Satpal Sharma won the fourth Rajya Sabha seat by securing 32 votes, while Congress, PDP, CPIM, Awami Ittehad Party, Aam Aadmi Party and six independent members pledged support to the 41 NC members.
NC candidate stuck on 21 votes
During counting, election officials declared 3 votes invalid, while 4 members cross-voted for BJP for the fourth seat, leaving NC’s Imran Nabi Dar stuck at 21 votes. The winning margin for the two seats in the third notification was fixed at 28.2, which means the winner needed 29 votes to cross the line. And the National Conference was promised the support of 59 votes, but this defeat has not yet answered many questions.