The BJP has released its list of 44 candidates for the forthcoming Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections. The candidates include Arshid Bhat for Rajpora, Javed Ahmad Qadri for Shopian, and Mohd. Rafiq Wani for Anantnag West. Adv. Syed Wazahat will run in Anantnag, while Sushri Shagun Parihar is set to contest from Kishtwar, and Gajay Singh Rana will represent the party in Doda.
Pawan Gupta will contest from Udhampur West, Dr. Devinder Kumar Maniyal from Ramgarh (SC), and Mohan Lal Bhagat from Akhnoor. Kuldeep Raj Dubey is set to run from Reasi, Rohit Dubey from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, and Chowdhary Abdul Ghani from Poonch Haveli.
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Notably, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections, which will elect 90 members, are scheduled to be held in three phases: September 18, September 25, and October 1. The results will be announced on October 4. This election marks the first since the abrogation of Article 370 and the reorganization of the former state into two Union Territories in 2019.