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Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections will be held in three phases. (Image: News18/File)
In this list, the BJP has announced a total of 44 candidates — 15 candidates for the first phase, 10 for the second and 19 for the third round of polling
The BJP on Monday (August 26) released its first list of candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, fielding three-time legislator Devender Singh Rana from Nagrota. In this list, the party has announced a total of 44 candidates — 15 for the first phase, 10 for the second and 19 for the third round of polling.
The party has chosen to field its candidates for some Kashmir constituencies, including Pampore, Shopian, Anantnag West and Anantnag, besides its strongholds in the Jammu region. Arvind Gupta and Yudhvir Sethi have been fielded from Jammu West and Jammu East respectively.
In the last assembly elections held in 2014, when Jammu and Kashmir was a full-fledged state, the BJP had won 25 seats. The party is making an all-out effort to fend off a challenge from a resurgent Congress — in alliance with the National Conference — especially in the Jammu region, which has been a BJP bastion since 2014.
The BJP’s Central Election Committee met on Sunday evening (August 25) to finalise the party’s candidates for the polls. The union territory is going to polls in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for October 4.
Here are some names declared in the BJP’s first list:
Nagrota: Devender Singh Rana
Jammu West: Arvind Gupta
Jammu East: Yudhvir Sethi
Rajpora: Arshid Bhat
Shopian: Javed Ahmad Qadri
Anantnag West: Mohd Rafiq Wani
Anantnag: Syed Wazahat
Kishtwar: Sushri Shagun Parihar
Doda: Gajay Singh Rana
Reasi: Kuldeep Raj Dubey
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi: Rohit Dubey
Poonch Haveli: Chowdhary Abdul Ghani
Udhampur West: Pawan Gupta
Ramgarh (SC): Dr Devinder Kumar Maniyal
Akhnoor: Mohan Lal Bhagat
