The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The elections are set to take place in three phases: September 18, September 25, and October 1.
In this third list, the BJP has announced candidates for the second and third phases of the elections. For the second phase, the party declared 10 candidates, while 19 candidates were named for the third phase.
भाजपा की केन्द्रीय चुनाव समिति ने आगामी जम्मू व कश्मीर विधानसभा चुनाव 2024 के लिए अपनी तीसरी सूची में निम्नलिखित नामों पर स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। pic.twitter.com/YcZT9DJBmG
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Key candidates announced in the third list include Ashok Bhat for Habbakadal, Mohammad Akram Chaudhary for Gulabgarh, and Kuldeep Raj Dubey for Reasi. Others include Baldev Raj Sharma for Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Thakur Randhir Singh for Kalakote-Sunderbani, and Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali for Budhal. The party has also fielded candidates like Mohammad Iqbal Malik for Thannamandi, Syed Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari for Surankote, and Chowdhary Abdul Ghani for Poonch Haveli, among others.
The assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are expected to see multi-cornered contests, as this will be the first election since the abrogation of Article 370.
Votes are scheduled to be counted on October 4. In the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year, the BJP demonstrated its strong support in the region by winning both seats in Jammu, while the National Conference also secured two seats.
