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Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections will be held in three phases. (Image: News18/File)
The BJP has now named a total of 16 candidates — 15 in the first revised list and only one in the other — for first phase polling in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections
The BJP on Monday (August 26) released two revised lists in quick succession after withdrawing a first list in which it had named 44 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The party has now named a total of 16 candidates — 15 in the first revised list and only one in the other — for the first phase.
The initial list had the names of 15 candidates for the first phase, 10 for the second and 19 for the third round of polling. But, names of candidates for the second and third phases were removed in the first revised list, and now the second list has only one name.
The party included Kashmir constituencies like Pampore, Shopian, Anantnag West, Anantnag and Kokernag (ST) in its revised lists. 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 the candidates’ names in both the lists:
Phase 1
Pampore: Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi
Rajpora: Arshid Bhat
Shopian: Javed Ahmad Qadri
Anantnag West: Mohd Rafiq Wani
Anantnag: Syed Wazahat
Srigufwara-Bijbehara: Sofi Yousuf
Shangus-Anantnag East: Veer Saraf
Inderwal: Tariq Keen
Kishtwar: Sushri Shagun Parihar
Padder-Nagseni: Sunil Sharma
Bhadarwah: Daleep Singh Parihar
Doda: Gajay Singh Rana
Doda West: Shakti Raj Parihar
Ramban: Rakesh Thakur
Banihal: Salim Bhat
Kokernag (ST): Choudhary Roshan Hussain Gujjar
Aisha Patel is a dedicated Indian correspondent with a deep understanding of the nation’s diverse affairs. With a background in Indian culture, politics, and current events, she provides in-depth analysis and timely reporting on domestic issues within India.
