Congress general secretaries Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Sachin Pilot, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and his deputy Mukesh Agnihotri are also on the list that the Congress has submitted to the Election Commission for the second phase of the three-phase polls.
Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hamid Karra, former J&K Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani, senior leaders Salman Khurshid, Ajay Maken, Syed Naseer Hussain, Rajani Patil, Rajiv Shukla and Manish Tewari are also part of the 40 leaders on the Congress list.
Kicking off the party’s election campaign in Jammu and Kashmir, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said restoring J&K’s statehood will be the first decision of the INDIA bloc when it comes to power at the Centre if the Modi government fails to do so after the assembly elections.
Addressing rallies in Dooru and Banihal assembly segments, Gandhi alleged that the Centre-appointed lieutenant governor in Jammu and Kashmir was acting like a “21st century king” and all benefits were being given to people “outside” the UT.
Congress media and publicity department chief Pawan Khera, social media department head Supriya Shrinate, Amethi MP Kishorilal Sharma, NSUI in-charge Kanhaiya Kumar and Indian Youth Congress chief Srinivas BV are also on the list of star campaigners for the second phase of elections.
The 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly will go to polls in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1, with the counting of votes beginning on October 8.
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