Lok Sabha polls: Peoples Democratic Party announces candidates for all three seats in Kashmir

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday announced its candidates for all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir, reported PTI.

The parliamentary board chief of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sartaj Madni, said that party chief Mehboobs Mufti will contest the general elections from Kashmir’s Anantnag constituency, while its youth wing president Waheed Parra will contest from Srinagar. The party has fielded former Rajya Sabha member Mir Fayaz from the Baramulla seat.

On Wednesday, Mufti said the National Conference left it with no choice but to field its candidates from all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir. She said the party unilaterally decided to contest all three seats in Kashmir.

According to Mufti, her party could have decided to not field its candidates in the larger interests of Kashmir if the National Conference had approached them before announcing candidates.

The National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party are both constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or the INDIA bloc. The bloc is a coalition of Opposition parties that is taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the elections.

On April 1, Omar Abdullah, the vice president of the National Conference, announced that veteran leader Mian Altaf Ahmed will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Anantnag-Rajouri seat.

Mufti had emerged...

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