Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Elections, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda Range, Shridhar Patil on Thursday said that they have sufficient security forces to ensure free and fair elections.
BJP candidate for the Srigufwara-Bijbehara Assembly Constituency, Sofi Yousuf, on Tuesday emphasized the party's focus on development and the positive impact of the government's policies since 2014.
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.
When asked if his party, if elected, would push the Centre to resume talks with Pakistan, Farooq responded, "Sab manifesto mein hai..." (everything is in the manifesto).
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.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its first list of candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir elections, which will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1.
National Conference and Congress are scheduled to hold a meeting on August 26 to iron out differences over the seat sharing for the upcoming Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Ahead of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Election Committee meeting was held on Sunday at the party headquarters in Delhi.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma slammed the Congress party for its alliance with the National Conference ahead of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.