Congress Party on Monday held a Central Election Committee meeting to finalise the candidates on the remaining seats for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections after the party declared 9 candidates on August 27.
The Bharatiya Janata Party workers including locals of the Chhamb constituency protested against the BJP candidate list demanding local representative in the forthcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections.
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 "friendly contest" on five seats.
Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday assigned national spokespersons RP Singh and Shazia Ilmi to coordinate media efforts in the Union Territory.
Expressing gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for entrusting him, BJP candidate from Shopian, Javaid Ahmad Qadri on Monday exuded confidence in his victory, attributing it to work done under PM Modi's ten year tenure.
Following Bhartiya Janata Party release of a revised list of 15 candidates for Phase-1 of the Jammu and Kashmir polls, BJP state president Ravinder Raina said that the party will soon release the second list of candidates.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath questioned the decision of Congress to forge a pre-poll alliance for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir with the National Conference, which in its election manifesto pitched for a dialogue between India and Pakistan.