 Early Times Report
Jammu, July 8: After getting directions from the national president J P Nadda the J&K unit of BJP started the constituency-wise campaign with a focus on the areas where Congress has retrieved its lost ground during the Lok Sabha elections.
On Monday, the BJP started its campaign to get feedback from workers to devise a strategy for the coming Assembly elections.
Highly placed sources said that JP Nadda during the Core-Group meeting asked the J&K leadership to focus on the Hindu majority Assembly segments where Congress has retrieved its lost ground in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections.
Apart from Jammu South and Suchetgarh where Congress candidate Raman Bhalla defeated BJP candidate Jugal Kishore Sharma, Bishnah is another Assembly segment where Saffron Party’s vote share has declined drastically.
In the Bishnah assembly segment, the BJP got a lead of nearly 40,000 votes in the 2019 Lok S After getting directions from J P Nadda the J&K unit of BJP has shifted its focus on the areas where Cong has retrieved its lost ground.
Apart from Jammu South and Suchetgarh where Congress candidate Raman Bhalla was ahead of BJP candidate at Bishnah.
BJP leadership has realized that Bishnah, Ramgarh, and Vijaypur are the Assembly segments where Congress has managed to improve its position.
In the Samba assembly segment, another stronghold of the BJP, Jugal Kishore’s lead reduced to 15,114 from 39,421 in 2019.
BJP leadership has realized that Bishnah, Ramgarh, and Vijaypur are the Assembly segments where Congress has managed to improve its position in the Lok Sabha elections.
The contest was also tough in the Ramgarh (reserved) constituency where Jugal Kishore Sharma got 32557 votes while Bhalla secured 30929.
In the Samba assembly segment, another stronghold of the BJP, Jugal Kishore’s lead reduced to 15,114 from 39,421 in 2019.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Jugal Kishore Sharma had secured 50538 votes and Raman Bhalla 11117. This time Sharma’s vote came down to 39670 while Bhalla’s vote increased to 24566. | 