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This is an archive article published on February 18, 2015
JK govt formation: PDP, BJP name nominees for Legislative Council polls
The BJP released names of five candidates, one each from Ladakh and the Valley, besides three from Jammu.
PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti.
PDP and BJP have nominated candidates for J&K’s 11 Legislative Council seats, elections to which would be held on March 2. As part of a seat-sharing arrangement between the two parties, PDP has nominated six candidates and BJP five. The parties together have chances of retaining around nine or 10 seats.
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On Tuesday, PDP released names of six candidates — three from Kashmir, one from Kargil and two from Jammu. Among the six, PDP has fielded Yasir Reshi, Saifudin Bhat and Inayat Ali, who contested the assembly polls in October but lost.
The BJP released names of five candidates, one each from Ladakh and the Valley, besides three from Jammu. It has fielded Ramesh Arora, Vibodh Gupta and Charanjit Khalsa from Jammu, besides Sofi Yusuf (Kashmir) and Tsering Dorjung (Leh). The BJP went for loyalty as the list includes old workers who have undergone jail terms and braved terrorist threats while working for the party.
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