Jammu: BJP released 3 lists of candidates on Monday for the assembly elections being held after 10 years in Jammu and Kashmir. The first list came at 10 am. It had the names of 44 candidates for 3 phases, but it was deleted shortly after.
As soon as this list came, the workers started protesting in the Jammu BJP office. The workers said that the party has fielded parachute candidates. After this, state BJP president Ravindra Raina went to his cabin and closed the door. After a while, he came out and said – Don’t worry, I will talk to everyone personally.
The matter reached the high command. 2 hours after the first list was released, another list came at 12 noon, it had the names of only 15 candidates of the first phase. Ravindra Raina said, “Right now the focus is on the first phase voting to be held on September 18. I will talk to every worker personally.”
After this, another list came at 2:45 pm. It had only one name. The name of Choudhary Roshan Hussain was announced from Konkarnag.
Voting for the 90 seats of Jammu and Kashmir will be held in 3 phases between 18 September and 1 October. The results will be declared on 4 October 2024. The majority figure for victory is 46.