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SRINAGAR, Apr 29: People\u2019s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday accused the BJP, National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party of colluding to \u201cfix the match\u201d during elections to the four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir last year.
\nWhile the ruling National Conference had won three seats, the BJP managed to secure one seat even though it did not have the required numbers.
\nAt least four non-BJP MLAs had voted for BJP candidate Sat Sharma, who got 32 votes against the party strength of 28 MLAs.
\nLone had abstained from voting, a move which also benefited the BJP candidate.
\n\u201cThat NC did not insist on the appointment of agents, and the PDP simply did not appoint agents, hints at a much bigger spread in match-fixing,\u201d Lone said in a statement here.
\nHe was referring to an RTI reply suggesting that the PDP had not appointed a chief agent for the Rajya Sabha polls.
\nLone, who is MLA from Handwara, said the RTI reply indicated that at least three parties \u2014 BJP, NC and PDP \u2014 colluded during the Rajya Sabha polls.
\n\u201cBJP could not have won the Rajya Sabha seat without the active support of NC and PDP,\u201d he added.
\nRecalling the 2015 Rajya Sabha polls, Lone said the People\u2019s Conference did not have a candidate, but the then ruling alliance had asked his party to appoint an agent of their choice.
\n\u201cI remember when I cast my vote in the Rajya Sabha elections in 2015. Our party did not have a candidate, but the ruling alliance (PDP-BKP) requested us to have an agent of their choice,\u201d he said.
\nLone said the person appointed as agent was a non-MLA who proceeded to verify his vote and that of his fellow MLA, Bashir Ahmed Dar Lone questioned the conduct of both the NC and PDP, expressing serious doubts over their claimed ignorance of election rules. \u201cIt seems highly improbable that the PDP or NC did not know the rules,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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SRINAGAR, Apr 29: People\u2019s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday accused the BJP, National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party of colluding to \u201cfix the match\u201d during elections to the four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir last year. 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