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| BJP declares its faces | | Chaman, Nirmal, Ashok grab city seats | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 31:
• 16 candidates including one female in list of 43 are from Kashmir Valley
• ‘Agitation martyr’ Kuldeep’s wife Shilpi Verma fielded from Bishnah
Finally, the Bhartiya Janta Party has taken lid off the list of its nominees for almost key seats for Jammu (and Kashmir) but the battle ahead is not quite easy as choice of candidates has left many potential aspirants in fits of rage.
A meeting of the Central Election Committee of BJP held under the chairmanship of party president Rajnath Singh and attended among others by LK Advani approved names of candidates for 43 constituencies. This also includes 16 seats from Kashmir Valley where party is contesting mostly first time.
Names have been declared for all seats of Jammu district but no decision has been announced for the neighbouring Samba constituency. The party also appeared to be hit by crises in Kathua district where one candidate has been given ticket for two constituencies while no candidate has been chosen for Hiranagar constituency which BJP had won in 1996.
A notable name in the BJP’s list of 43 candidates is Shilpi Verma, the wife of Kuldeep Verma who had allegedly committed suicide during the Amarnath land row. Shilpi has been fielded as party candidate from Bishnah constituency.
As already expected the three known faces of BJP who called shots in candidate selection process have been given tickets for the three prestigious constituencies of Jammu City. Dr Nimal Singh has been fielded in Gandhi Nagar constituency, Ashok Khajuria in Jammu East and Prof Chaman Lal Gupta in Jammu West. City Mayor Kavinder Gupta was making all possible efforts for Jammu West even as a BJP activist Sunil Dimple hinted at contesting independently from this constituency against the party’s official nominee.
BJP’s lone winner of 2002 elections Jugal Kishore has been repeated in Nagrota constituency while Chander Prakash Ganga has been given ticket for Vijaypur. Ganga had lost 2002 elections in this constituency. Pandit Govind Ram Sharma, who was a Minister in Farooq Abdullah government in 1996 and later joined Congress before switching over to BJP has been given ticket for Akhnoor constituency.
Prof Garu Ram has been fielded in reserved constituency of R.S Pura while Choudhary Shyam Lal has got ticket for Suchetgarh. In Marh, Choudhary Sukhnandan has been ticket and Bharat Bhushan has been fielded in the neighbouring Raipur-Domana constituency of Jammu district. Chaman Lal Kanathia has bee fielded in reserved category of Chhamb which has been won twice by Tara Chand of Congress.
Other candidates are Rakesh Anthal for Ramnagar, Master Lal Chand for Bani and Kathua, Jagdish Sapolia from Bosholi and Satish Sharma from Billwar in Kathua district.
Daya Kishan Kotwal has been repeated in Bhaderwah constituency. He had won this seat in 1996 but lost in 2002.
Sunil Sharma has been given ticket for Kishtwar, Shakti Parihar for Inderwal and Ishtiyak Wani for Doda. 1996 winner and 2002 looser, Bali Bhagat has been fielded in Ramban,
Rajiv Charak in Banihal, Baldev Sharma in Reasi, Kabla Singh in Gool-Arnas and Mohammad Isreal for Gulab Garh.
Pawan Gupta has been given ticket for Udhampur and Dina Nath Bhagat for Chennani.
In Kashmir Valley, Nazir Khan has been given ticket for Kupwara, Haleema for Uri,
Nisar Ahmed Gilani for Sangrama, Domodar Singh for Baramulla, Nazir Ahmed, Gulmarg; Mohamed Asharaf, Pattan; Hamid Malik, Hazrabal; Mohammad Asharaf Azad, Budgam; Dr. Ali Mohamad, Khansahib; Riaz Ahmed Kulgami, Shopian; Manzoor Ahmed Dar, Kulgam; Gul Mohammad Mir, Dooru; Mohammad Sadiq Khan, Kokernag;
Ishfaq Dar, Bijbehra and Sofi Mohammad Yusuf in Pahalgam constituency which was till recently represented by former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. |
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