Overview
- An RTI reply from the J&K Assembly Secretariat says the PDP appointed no authorised agents for the October 2025 Rajya Sabha polls, while NC named four, BJP two and Congress one, a step used under Rule 39AA to let parties check MLAs’ ballots before they are counted.
- In the October 24, 2025 contest for four seats, BJP’s Sat Sharma won one with 32 votes despite the party’s strength of 28, NC’s Imran Nabi Dar got 21 and three ballots were ruled invalid.
- NC leaders accused the PDP of backing the BJP despite public pledges to support NC, calling the RTI answer evidence that PDP lawmakers broke ranks.
- The PDP said it fielded no candidate and therefore did not post agents, arguing that candidates, not parties, appoint such representatives.
- Key details remain opaque as the identities of MLAs who cross-voted or cast invalid ballots have not been disclosed and no formal probe is reported in the current coverage.