Srinagar, Aug 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Health Minister JP Nadda are among the leaders who are expected to lead the BJP election campaign in Jammu and Kashmir.
The leaders are expected to address 10 to 15 rallies in the coming weeks to boost the party’s poll prospects, reports ETV Bharat’s Mohd Ashraf Ganie.
A top BJP leader told a media house that Union Minister G Kishen Reddy, MOS In PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh, and BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh have been assigned the task of screening the assembly election candidates for 90 seats of Jammu and Kashmir and releasing the final list on 21 August.
Sources revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and BJP National President JP Nadda are all slated to address rallies across the Union Territory, signaling the party’s serious push for electoral success in Jammu Kashmir.
The BJP is expected to go solo in the J&K polls, opting only for seat adjustments with independents and smaller parties in the Kashmir valley.
The party is also planning a significant overhaul of its candidate lineup, with sources indicating that 80% of the candidates will be fresh faces.
The Jammu and Kashmir assembly election will be held in three phases on September 18, 25, and October 1 as announced by the Election Commission of India on Aug 16. The Haryana assembly election will be held on October 1 and Votes will be counted for both on October 4.
The assembly election will be held in Jammu and Kashmir after over 10 years gap. The last assembly election was held in 2014.
In 2019 Government divided the erstwhile state into two Union Territories – the other is Ladakh – and scrapped special status under Article 370 of the Constitution.
