Srinagar, Oct. 10 -- With four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir coming up for elections, the National Conference has begun a crucial round of internal and alliance consultations in Delhi to decide which seat will be handed to the Congress under their existing pre-poll arrangement.

Senior party leaders told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that the NC's top brass is already in the capital and the matter is being treated as "a final allocation decision rather than exploration."

The NC-Congress understanding, stitched ahead of the Assembly polls and still operational, gave the Congress one of the four Upper House berths. However, what remains undecided and is at the heart of this round of talks is which of the four seats will be assigned...