National Conference names candidates for J&K Rajya Sabha polls, drops Farooq Abdullah for ‘health reasons’

Farooq Abdullah, elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1980 at the age of 43, has been the party’s longest-serving parliamentarian in both the Houses from 2002 to 2014

​Farooq Abdullah, elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1980 at the age of 43, has been the party’s longest-serving parliamentarian in both the Houses from 2002 to 2014