Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 1: Six candidates, including People’s Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone, today filed their nomination papers for the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency.
Imran Raza Ansari of the People’s Conference, Peerzada Mudasir Rashid Shah from Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party, and Independent candidates Suhail Ahmad Khan, Nazir Ahmad Sofi, and Mushtaq Ahmad Mir filed their nomination papers before the Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla who is the Returning Officer of the constituency.
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Talking to reporters after filing his papers, Lone said this is the first election after the abrogation of Article 370 by the Centre in 2019.
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“The people of Kashmir deserve to be represented by a new voice, a different voice. Even the people of India deserve to know what exactly is happening here.”
“It is important to have a different voice because out of the past 10 Parliaments, nine times the MPs have been from the same party. I promise the voices of the people of north Kashmir shall resonate across the Parliament,” he said.
Lone reiterated his challenge that he will withdraw his nomination if the National Conference can get the INDIA bloc to make a public commitment for restoration of Article 370.
“There are still four days left. I will withdraw if they (NC) get the INDIA alliance to say that they will get back Article 370, Article 35A and internal autonomy (for Jammu and Kashmir),” he added.
Engineer Rashid, founder of Awami Itihad Party and presently in Tihar Jail, has also filed papers for the same seat. The constituency goes to vote on May 20.
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