Ahead of Jammu and Kashmir election result, BJP leader lists possible nominees to new Assembly
The lieutenant governor has the power to appoint five members to the legislature.
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sofi Yousuf on Monday said that the five persons to be nominated to the Union territory’s Legislative Assembly by the lieutenant governor will be from his party, Greater Kashmir reported.
Yousuf, the vice-president of the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, also listed the possible nominees.
His statement came a day ahead of the counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Tuesday.
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The Legislative Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir has a strength of 119 members. While elections took place in 90 constituencies, 24 more seats are designated for areas that are in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The lieutenant governor has the power to appoint five members. Therefore, a party or a coalition needs 48 seats for a majority when the House has 95 members.
In an interview to the Greater Kashmir, Yousuf claimed that the nominees were BJP state secretary Ashok Koul, former state chief of the BJP women’s wing Rajni Sethi, the party’s state secretary Fareeda Khan and spokesperson Sunil Sethi.
“The fifth one is a refugee, the president of our Mahila Morcha,” Yusuf was quoted as saying. “All of them are ours.”
Three of the five members nominated by the lieutenant governor have to be women as per the 2019 Jammu and...
