The list of candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections has been withdrawn within minutes of its release. On Monday, the party said that the list will be released again soon after making some changes. The initial list released for the three phases of Jammu and Kashmir, which has 90 assembly seats, had 44 names.
The list was released from New Delhi a day before the last date for filing nominations. Now the news is that the list has also been removed from the party’s official WhatsApp group. The party says that some names were not included in the list. At present, there are possibilities that the party may release a new list by evening.
The special thing is that the names of many big leaders were not included in the list. Along with this, many new faces were also given a chance. The party had also fielded 14 Muslim candidates out of 44 names. 8 candidates in the list were from Kashmir and 36 from Jammu division. It is being said that the party can contest on 60 to 70 seats in the state. At present, nothing has been said officially about this.
