"Our agenda is to make Pir Panjal region a separate administrative division": JKNC candidate from Mendhar Assembly Constituency

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 28 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) candidate from Mendhar Assembly Constituency, Javed Ahmed Rana on Tuesday thanked the party's high command and the people of Mendhar adding that the party's biggest agenda is to make Pir Panjal region a separate administrative division.
"I thank the party high command and the people of Mendhar. I had got many projects sanctioned for Mendhar, many out of which were completed and some were not... We lack a degree college, women's college, engineering, or medical college in the region, and in the coming days we will work towards this. Our biggest agenda is to make Pir Panjal region a separate administrative division," Rana told ANI.
Earlier on August 26, the National Conference announced a list of 18 candidates who have been nominated as candidates from the party for the upcoming Assembly elections.
The party said in a social media post that party president Farooq Abdullah had approved the nominations.
Contestants from key constituencies include retired Justice Hussnain Masoodi from Pampore, Mohammad Khalil Bandh from Pulwama, Sheikh Mohammad Rafi from Shopian, Gh Mohi-Ud-Din Mir from Rajpora and Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy from Doda.
Additionally, the National Conference (NC) has announced Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Mir as the candidate for Rajpora, Showkat Hussain Ganie for Zainpora, Sheikh Mohammad Rafi for Shopian, and former minister Sakina Ittoo for DH Pora, Showkat Hussain Ganie from Zainpora, Peerzada Feroze Ahmad from Devsar, Chowdary Zaffer Ahmad from Larnoo, Abdul Majeed Larmi from Anantnag West, Dr Bashir Ahmad Veeri from (Bijbehara), Reyaz Ahmad Khan from Anantnag East, Altaf Ahmad Kaloo from Pahalgam, Mehboob Iqbal from Bhaderwah, Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy from Doda, Arjun Singh Raju from Ramban, Sajad Shaheen from Banihal, Sajad Kichloo from Kishtwar, Pooja Thokur from Pader-Nagsani.
The National Conference will contest 51 of 90 seats and Congress 32, according to the seat-sharing pact reached by the two parties for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The two parties will also have a "friendly contest" on five seats.
Polling in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted in three phases on September 18, 25, and October 1. The counting of votes will take place on October 4.
Voting will be held for 90 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Election Commission, the Union Territory has 88.06 lakh electors. (ANI)