Early Times Report
Jammu, July 11: After the visit of national president JP Nadda, the BJP has accelerated preparations for the maiden Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Apart from starting the process to set up panels of three potential candidates for all the 90 assembly segments of Jammu and Kashmir, the party has approached some religious heads to field them from different constituencies.
Highly placed sources said that BJP leaders have approached two saints of the Rajouri district and urged them to contest elections on the party’s mandate.
“As of now, nothing has been materialized but the party leaders are trying to convince these religious heads to join the electoral battle in the nation’s interest”, sources said, adding, “These saints have neither rejected nor accepted BJP’s offers and have sought some time to take a final decision”.
Sources said that keeping in view the mass following of these leaders among pe > BJP leaders have approached two saints of the Rajouri district and urged them to contest elections on the party’s mandate.
> As of now, nothing has been materialized but the party leaders are trying to convince these religious heads to join the electoral battle in the nation’s interest.
> The BJP is also trying to rope another important Mahant in the Jammu district to field him from one of the seats.
> The Saints and Mahants, to whom BJP has approached, are already participating in different religious functions.
Sources further said that the BJP is also trying to rope another important Mahant to the Jammu district to field him from one seat of the Jammu district.
The Saints and Mahants, to whom BJP has approached, are already participating in different religious functions. These saints are directly associated with various Hindu organizations and they have close coordination with the BJP leaders also.
As reported earlier, BJP national president JP Nadda during his visit to Jammu has directed the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the party to initiate the process of shortlisting potential candidates for the Assembly elections.
During the Jammu and Kashmir BJP’s Core Group meeting, Nadda made it clear that the party would aggressively contest the coming Assembly elections with a target of “Mission -50” to form its own government in the Union Territory. | 