Besides, the party has nominated candidates for Standing Committee seats in the South and City-SP zones.
The last date for submission of nominations is 31 July. All nominations must be submitted online through the official Rashtriya Puraskar Portal at https://awards.gov.in.
Nominations for the Padma Awards-2026 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2026, have started.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards-2026 started on Saturday.
Sanket Gupta, authorized representative of BJP candidate from New Delhi constituency Parvesh Verma has objected to the nomination of AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal and demanded the Election Commission reject his nomination papers.
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday became the first political leader in Jammu and Kashmir to file his nomination from two constituencies for the upcoming assembly election.
A large number of NC leaders and activists accompanied Omar who is likely to contest the assembly election also from another seat in the Budgam district, reports said.
The JeI contested the assembly elections till 1987 but later boycotted the polls from 1993 as they were part of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference that advocated poll boycott.
Tuesday was the last day of filing nomination papers for the first phase of Assembly polling scheduled to be held on 18 September.
The BJP announced Kurian its Rajya Sabha candidate from MP on Tuesday evening.
