Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 11: BJP today announced five more candidates, including four Muslim faces, for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections while releasing its third list of candidates.
While Abdul Rehman Lone will contest from Kupwara constituency, Abdul Rashid Zargar will contest from Lolab, M M War from Langate seat and Ghulam Hassan Zargar from the Kulgam seat.
The party has also fielded Dr Nirmal Singh from Billawar Assembly constituency.
The party’s Central Election Committee cleared the names of five more candidates for the State Assembly elections starting November 25, party general secretary and CEC Secretary J P Nadda said.
Buoyed with the party’s recent successes in Haryana and Maharashtra, the BJP is optimistic of performing well in the upcoming Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand as well.
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