Srinagar, Oct. 16 -- The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference General Secretary Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar Thursday described the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections as a decisive battle not just for political representation, but for the preservation of rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing a gathering of senior party leaders and workers at the party headquarters in Srinagar, Sagar asserted that the elections to Rajya Sabha represent a critical opportunity for all democratic and secular forces to unite against the divisive policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"These elections are not ordinary. They are a fight to protect the very soul of the Constitution, which the BJP is relentlessly trying to erode. J&K, in particula...