J&K Assembly elections 2024: BJP declares candidates for 44 seats, withdraws list later
The BJP, on Monday, withdrew its list of candidates for 44 seats in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 a few hours after releasing it. The party said a fresh list would be released later in the day.
In an unusual turnaround, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew its list of candidates for 44 seats in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 on Monday, August 26, a few hours after releasing it. According to reports, the BJP leadership will release a fresh and revised list of candidates later in the day.
Sources said the saffron party withdrew the list as it wants to first release the names of candidates for the first phase of polling on September 18.
Figuring in the withdrawn list were prominent candidates such as Devinder Singh Rana (Nagrota), Arvind Gupta (Jammu West), Shamlal Sharma (Jammu North), Narinder Singh Raina (Jammu South), Yudhvir Sethi (Jammu East) among others. It also included Arshid Bhat from Rajpora, Javed Ahmad Qadri from Shopian, and Mohd Rafiq Wani from Anantnag West. The party had also fielded Adv Syed Wazahat from Anantnag, Sushri Shagun Parihar from Kishtwar, and Gajay Singh Rana from Doda.
The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly elections will be held in three phases: September 18, 25 and October 1. The votes will be counted on October 4.
Among the total 90 assembly constituencies in the Union Territory, 74 are for the general category, nine are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, and seven are reserved for Scheduled Castes.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Jammu and Kashmir has a total of 87.09 lakh eligible electorates, with an equal percentage of males and females.
The BJP decided not to form alliances with any political party in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir polls. At the same time, the party said it would support strong independent candidates in constituencies where it is not contesting fielding candidates.
Meanwhile, the National Conference has announced a pre-poll alliance with Congress, but the seat-sharing formula is yet to be finalised. National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said that an agreement has to be reached on some seats.
(With agency inputs)
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