Janjivan Bureau /JAMMU: BJP released its first list of 44 candidates but put out a revised one a few hours later, withdrawing names for the second and third phases, amid disgruntlement among a section of party cadre over a few names in the original list.
Battle-hardened by the loss of her father and uncle in a terrorist attack five years ago, Shagun Parihar is set to fight the battle of ballots with the confidence of her people’s support and expressed gratitude to the BJP leadership for fielding her as a candidate from the Kishtwar Assembly constituency, which is set to go to polls in the first phase of the elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
She emphasized security and employment as her primary issues for the upcoming elections.
Shagun is among the 15 candidates announced by the BJP for the assembly elections, with eight seats in south Kashmir set for polling in the first phase on September 18. The last date to file the nomination papers for this phase is Tuesday.
The BJP on Monday named 16 candidates for the first phase of elections to the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to be held on September 18.
The party had earlier released its first list of 44 candidates but put out a revised one a few hours later, withdrawing names for the second and third phases, amid disgruntlement among a section of party cadre over a few names in the original list.
While Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina downplayed the resentment over the initial list, a group of party workers held a protest at its headquarters in Jammu and claimed “parachute candidates” were picked over hardworking workers.
