Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that he was hopeful that the Member of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) would vote in favour of former union minister and Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha polls in the state.
"Hope all secular forces and independent MLAs with secular mindset will vote in favour of Ghulam Nabi Azad," he told the media persons here.
The polling, which started at Assembly Secretariat in Jammu from 9 a.m. will end at 4 p.m.
Other candidates who are in the fray are People Democratic Party's Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmad Laway, Bharatiya Janata Party's Shamsher Singh and Chander Mohan Sharma, and Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo and Nasir Aslam Wani of National Conference (NC).
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