Key Points
New Delhi:The missing names of Jammu and Kashmir former deputy chief ministers Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poll list caused an unrest among their supporters Monday, forcing the leadership to bring out two revised lists...
The name of J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina also did not figure in the withdrawn list that comprised 44 candidates..
As angry BJP workers questioned the logic behind fielding turncoats on various seats while ignoring the claim of those who have spent years in the party, the party released the revised list of 15 candidates for the first phase of elections covering 16 assembly segments in the Kashmir valley and eight in Jammu...
The party is banking onsmaller players like Engineer Rashid to make a dent in votes of NC-Congress in Uri, Sopore, Sonwari, and Trehgam, a BJP insider said.. Rashid created a wave to defeat Omar Abdullah in the general election but this cannot happen without the BJPs support..
In the J&K polls, the BJP has announced that it would not ally with any political party and support strong Independent candidates on those assembly seats in Kashmir where the party would not be contesting the elections...
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