National Conference announces first list of 18 candidates for J-K Assembly polls

Hours after finalising its seatsharing deal with the Congress the National Conference on Monday announced a list of 18 candidates who have been nominated as candidates from the party for the upcoming Assembly electionsThe party said in a social media post that party president Farooq Abdullah had approved the nominationsContestants from key constituencies include retired Justice Hussnain Masoodi from Pampore Mohammad Khalil Bandh from Pulwama Sheikh Mohammad Rafi from Shopian Gh MohiUdDin Mir from Rajpora and Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy from DodaAdditionally the National Conference NC has announced Ghulam MohiUdDin Mir as the candidate for Rajpora Showkat Hussain Ganie for Zainpora Sheikh Mohammad Rafi for Shopian and former minister Sakina Ittoo for DH Pora Showkat Hussain Ganie from Zainpora Peerzada Feroze Ahmad from Devsar Chowdary Zaffer Ahmad from Larnoo Abdul Majeed Larmi from Anantnag West Dr Bashir Ahmad Veeri from Bijbehara Reyaz Ahmad Khan from Anantnag East Altaf Ahmad Kaloo from Pahalgam Mehboob Iqbal from Bhaderwah Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy from Doda Arjun Singh Raju from Ramban Sajad Shaheen from Banihal Sajad Kichloo from Kishtwar Pooja Thokur from PaderNagsaniEarlier on Monday the National Conference will contest 51 of 90 seats and Congress 32 according to the seatsharing pact reached by the two parties for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir The two parties will also have a friendly contest on five seatsThe two parties have left one seat each for CPIM and Panthers PartyMaking the announcement Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra said the two parties have reached the seatsharing agreement by understanding sensitivities of each otherHe said some seats were difficult and they would have friendly contest in a disciplined mannerThe seatsharing pact was declared a day before the last day of filing nominations for the first phase of elections on September 18 for 24 seatsNational Conference will contest on 51 seats Congress on 32 and we have agreed to have a friendly but disciplined contest on 5 seats Over and above these 88 seats we have left 1 seat for CPI M and 1 seat for Panthers Party Karra said at a press conferencePolling in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted in three phases on September 18 25 and October 1 The counting of votes will take place on October 4Voting will be held for 90 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir According to the Election Commission the Union Territory has 8806 lakh electorsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever