Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections: BJP releases first list of 44 candidates; check full list | India News

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

In its initial list of candidates, the BJP has selected Arshid Bhat for Rajpora, Javed Ahmad Qadri for Shopian and Mohd Rafiq Wani for Anantnag West.

Besides, Adv. Syed Wazahat will contest from Anantnag, Sushri Shagun Parihar from Kishtwar and Gajay Singh Rana from Doda. Kuldeep Raj Dubey is the party’s choice for Reasi, Rohit Dubey for Shri Mata Vaishno Devi and Chowdhary Abdul Ghani for Poonch Haveli.

Of these 44 candidates, eight names are from the Kashmir region.

In the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the BJP has announced that it will not join forces with any political party. Instead, the party will support prominent independent candidates in the Kashmir Valley constituencies, where it has decided not to field its own candidates.

According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1, with the counting of votes scheduled for October 4. These elections are the first to be held in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370.



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