SRINAGAR: Former J&K Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah will fight the Lok Sabha election from the Srinagar constituency.

Sources within the NC said that Omar Abdullah will contest the Srinagar constituency while former minister and senior party leader, Chowdhary Mohd Ramzan will fight from the north Kashmir Baramulla seat.

NC has already announced its candidate, senior Gujjar/Bakarwal leader, Mian Altaf Ahmad from the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.

Another former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has also announced her decision to fight from the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.

PDP has fielded its youth wing president, Waheed Parra for Srinagar and former Rajya Sabha member, Fayaz Ahmad Mir from the Baramulla seat.

SRINAGAR: 

National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that party patron and Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Dr Farooq Abdullah will not fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Jammu and Kashmir.

Omar Abdullah cited health as the reason for Farooq Abdullah not contesting the Lok Sabha election.

He made the announcement during a block convention in Rawalpora area of Srinagar.

National Conference is yet to announce its candidate for Srinagar and Baramulla Lok Sabha constituencies, while former minister Mian Altaf is the party candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri seat.(KNO)

SRINAGAR: The National Conference on Monday announced former minister and legislator from Kangan Mian Altaf as its Lok Sabha candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.

Announcing the candidature of Mian Altaf, NC vice president Omar Abdullah, as per Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that the party high-command believes that there will be no other better candidate than Mian Altaf for Anantnag-Rajouri seat.

He said that the party has decided to field Mian Altaf as its candidates for Anantnag-Rajouri seat for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

This is the party’s first announcement of candidature for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls slated to commence from April 19 in 7 phases across the country.

KNS has already reported that the NC would field Mian Altaf as its candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri seat, while NC vice-president Omar Abdullah is likely to contest from Srinagar-Pulwama constituency and Choudhary Ramzan is likely to contest from Baramulla constituency. (KNS)

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference on Monday officially declared its President, Sajad Gani Lone, as the party’s Parliamentary Candidate for the North Kashmir Lok Sabha Segment.

This important announcement was made by the party’s Senior General Secretary, Imran Reza Ansari.

“In response to the duty assigned to me by the party to hold discussions with party leaders, and ascertain the best possible way forward in the upcoming Parliamentary elections, I have had extensive discussions over the past two weeks. I met all constituency heads and block level leaders,” Ansari observed, in a statement issued to GNS. 

He said based on his discussion with the party leaders, they have decided to fight and field a candidate from the Baramulla Parliamentary seat

“For Baramulla Parliamentary seat, the leadership and the rank and file of the party has overwhelmingly endorsed the candidature of our party President Mr Sajad Gani Lone. It is with great pleasure I formally announce that Mr Sajad Lone has acceded to the demand of the party. He will be the candidate of the party from Baramulla Parliamentary seat,” Ansari announced with enthusiasm.

He stated that party leadership wishes him the best and believes that the fiercest speeches on the floor of the parliament, advocating the just cause of our people will finally be delivered by Mr Sajad Lone after a painful wait of 7 decades.

“The people of J&K will finally get the chance to roar,” Ansari concluded. (GNS)