The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its first list of 44 candidates for the parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Candidates include 15, 10 and 19 for the first, second and third phases.
Some of the prominent names include Er. Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi from Pampore, Mohd. Rafiq Wani from Anantnag West and Devender Singh Rana from Nagrota.
On Monday, ET reported that the saffron party, which will not form an alliance, has finalised its 50 candidates and is likely to field many Muslim leaders.
Sources told ET that the BJP is likely to contest 60-70 seats and may support independents in additional seats.
In Jammu and Kashmir, elections will be held for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for October 4.
Here is the full list of BJP candidates for Jammu and Kashmir
First phase
- He. Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi from Pampore
- Mohd. Rafiq Wani from Anantnag West
- Arshid Bhat from Rajpora
- Javed Ahmad Qadri of Shopian
- Adv. Syed Wazahat from Anantnag
- Srigufwara-Bijbehara by Sofi Yousuf
- Veer Saraf from Shangus–Anantnag East
- Tariq Keen from Inderwal
- Shagun PariharKishtwar
- Sunil Sharma from Padder-Nagseni
- Daleep Singh Parihar from Bhadarwah
- Gajay Singh Rana from Doda
- Shakti Raj Parihar from Doda West
- Rakesh Thakur from Ramban
- Salim Bhat from Banihal
Second phase
- Habbakadal – Ashok Bhat
- Gulabgarh (ST) – Mohammad Akram Chaudhary
- Reasi – Kuldeep Raj Dubey
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi-Rohit Dubey
- Kalakote-Sunderbani-Thakur Randhir Singh
- Budhal (ST) – Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali
- Thannamandi (ST) – Mohd. Iqbal Malik
- Surankote (ST) – Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari
- Poonch Haveli-Chowdhary Abdul Ghani
- Mendhar (ST) – Murtaza Khan
Third phase
- Udhampur West-Pawan Gupta
- Chenani Balwant Singh Mankotia
- Ramnagar (SC) – Sunil Bhardwaj
- Bani Jeevan Lal
- Billawar – Satish Sharma
- Basohli – Darshan Singh
- Jasrota – Rajiv Jasrotia
- Hiranagar adv. Vijay Kumar Sharma
- Ramgarh (SC) – Dr. Devinder Kumar Maniyal
- Samba – Surjit Singh Slathia
- Vijaypur-Chandra Prakash Ganga
- Suchetgarh (SC) – Gharu Ram Bhagat
- RS Pura–Jammu South – Dr. Narinder Singh Raina
- Jammu East – Yudhvir Sethi
- Nagrota – Dr. Devinder Singh Rana
- Jammu West – Arvind Gupta
- Jammu NorthSham Lal Sharma
- Akhnoor (SC) – Mohan Lal Bhagat
- Chhamb – Rajeev Sharma
