J&K Assembly Polls: BJP releases revised list, names 15 candidates for phase 1 voting in UT

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released on Monday a revised list of candidates for 15 seats in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 on Monday. The new list has names of candidates for first phase of polling in the Union Territory scheduled to be held on September 18.

The list comes minutes after the BJP withdrew its first list of 44 candidates for all three phases of voting in the UT. The list covers seven seats in Kashmir and eight seats in Jammu division of the UT. 

The prominent names released today include Syed Showkar Andrabi from Pampore, Arshid Bhat from Rajpora, Syed Wazahar from Anantnag, Salim Bhat from Banihal, Gajay Rana from Doda abd Veer Saraf from Shangus-Anantnag East seat.

Voting will be held in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir beginning from September 18. The two other rounds will be held on September 25 and October 1. Results will be announced on October 4.

Among the total 90 assembly constituencies in the Union Territory, 74 are for the general category, nine are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, and seven are reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Source: Mint