Srinagar, Oct. 13 -- In a major development, Congress local leadership in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday decided to not contest in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on an "unsafe seat" after it could not secure a safe seat from its coalition partner National Conference.

The ruling National Conference on Friday had announced the names of three candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls slated to be held on October 24 while stating that it was in talks with Congress for the fourth seat, whose electoral college was more tilted towards the Bharatiya Janata Party. Congress was seeking a more secure seat from the NC.

The J&K Congress held the meeting of its core committee in Srinagar on Sunday which was led by its president Tariq Hamid Karra...