JKNPP announces first list of 9 candidates for Assembly polls

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today announced its first list of nine candidates for the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the months of October-November.

A Special Meeting of Parliamentary Board of JKNPP under the chairmanship of Harsh Dev Singh MLA has cleared the nine candidates in the first installment, party spokesman here said.

He said the second list shall be released next week.

Those present in the Parliamentary Board included Balwant Singh MLA President JKNPP, P K Ganju and Choudhary Mohammad Iqbal Vice-Presidents, Anita Thakur, Yashpal Kundal MLA and H C Jalmeria General Secretaries and Bansi Lal Sharma Political Advisor JKNPP.

JKNPP chief patron Bhim Singh was also present as a special invitee in the meeting.

The list of candidates included from Ramnagar Constituency Harsh Dev Singh, from Udhampur Constituency, Balwant Singh Mankotia, from Samba Constituency (SC), Yashpal Kundal, from Vijaypur Constituency, Rajesh Sharma (Pargotra), from Chenani Constituency (SC), Dhani Ram Atri, from Surankot Constituency, Sarpanch Ashfaq Rana, from Bani Constituency, Pawan Dev Singh, from Banihal Constituency, Sewa Singh Bali and from Hiranagar Constituency (SC), Ram  Dhan.

(AGENCIES)