New Delhi: The BJP on Monday (August 26, 2024) soon after releasing its first list of 44 candidates for the elections to the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, withdrew the document. A revised list is expected soon.
The withdrawn list featured candidates include 15 for the first phase of polls, 10 for the second phase and 19 for the third phase.
The party’s list indicated that it had chosen to field its candidates for a few Kashmir constituencies, including Pampore, Shopian, Anantnag West and Anantnag, besides its strongholds in the Jammu region.
The BJP's Central Election Committee had met on Sunday evening to finalise the party's candidates for the polls.
The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is going to polls in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1.
The 90-member Assembly of Haryana will go to polls on October 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for October 4.
In the last Assembly elections held in 2014, when Jammu and Kashmir was a full-fledged state, the BJP had won 25 seats.
The party is making all out efforts to fend off the challenge from a resurgent Congress, which has tied up with the National Conference, especially in the Jammu region, a BJP bastion since 2014.
PTI