Former Chief Minister (National Conference) Omar Abdullah, BJP chief Ravinder Raina, J-K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra and Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari are the key candidates among 239 in the fray.
Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party President Ravinder Raina said on Monday that the BJP has started preparations for the assembly elections in the state, claiming that the next government in the J-K will be of the BJP.
BJP’s J&K chief Ravinder Raina is seen in a video asking people in election meetings in the border district of Poonch to vote for the “Bat symbol”.
There are reports that the BJP and its friendly parties are supporting the Apni Party candidates, Zafar Iqbal Manhas and Mohammad Ashraf Mir in the Anantnag-Rajouri and Srinagar parliamentary constituencies respectively.
National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Monday alleged that incidents of targeted killings by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir are not going to stop "until justice is served."
BJP will decide the names of new Mayor and Deputy Mayor in consultation with the councillors, said J&K unit party president Ravinder Raina.
Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh while interacting with J&K BJP leaders here on Sunday stressed further strengthening the party before the assembly elections.
The police had on Monday filed an FIR against the senior BJP leader for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the community.
State BJP chief, Ravinder Raina, had on Sunday threatened to initiate defamation proceedings against the journalists if they did not issue a written apology for 'defaming' the BJP.
In a video that has gone viral, Raina is seen and heard telling a group of BJP activists “we” did not want the previous governor NN Vohra to continue in office
