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.
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.
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah alleged People's Democratic Party (PDP) of "imitating" their manifesto and asked the Mehbooba Mufti-led party to not field their candidates.
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that her party is willing to support a Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections, provided they are ready to accept the PDP's agenda.
BJP General Secretary and Jammu and Kashmir elections in charge Tarun Chugh today lambasted the new alliance between Congress and National Conference, saying that it will collapse like house of cards and will face a humiliating defeat in coming elections.
The Congress Central Election Committee is currently meeting at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi to discuss the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections.
Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, the Congress and the National Conference announced a pre-poll alliance on Thursday and said that seat-sharing talks are currently underway.
Reacting to Leader of Opposition of Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's statement to restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that the Congress leader is "frustrated and demoralised."