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Fight over protocol puts two BJP stalwarts in quandary; Nirmal, Kavinder dropped
Party finalizes candidates for all 43 Jammu seats, drops two ex-Dy CMs, 5 former cabinet ministers
9/8/2024 10:22:54 PM
Early Times Report

Jammu, Sept 8: As expected, the BJP dropped political stalwarts and finalized the names of candidates for all 43 seats of Jammu province where the party has high stakes.
Although the BJP has so far released lists of 62 candidates, all party nominees for the Jammu province for the forthcoming Assembly elections have been finalized with releasing sixth list on Sunday.
The party has dropped stalwarts including two former Deputy Chief Ministers and five former Cabinet ministers of the previous PDP-BJP regime and two Ministers of State (MoSs).
Those who were dropped included Dr Nirmal Singh, ex-Deputy Chief Minister and former Speaker, Kavinder Gupta, ex-Speaker and former Deputy Chief Minister, Bali Bhagat, former Cabinet Minister, Choudhary Sukhnandan, ex-Cabinet Minister, Sat Sharma, ex-Cabinet Minister, Choudhary Sham Lal, ex-Cabinet Minister, Abdul Gani Kohli, former Cabinet Minister, Ajay Nanda, former Minister of State (MoS) and Priya Sethi, former Minister of State (MoS).
Former Minister of State for Education Priya Sethi has not been given a party mandate, her husband Yudhvir Sethi has been given party ticket from the Jammu East, which is a traditional seat of the party from the days of Jan Sangh and Praja Parishad.
Important to mention here that the war over protocol proved costly for the two political stalwarts namely Dr. Nirmal Singh and Kav
Dr Nirmal Singh was Deputy Chief Minister and Kavinder Gupta was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and both brazenly fought for protocol and jammers.
War over protocol proved costly for two political stalwarts
Although Dr. Singh was already dropped as he was replaced by Satish Sharma on the Billawar Assembly segment, Kavinder Gupta was expecting a party mandate for the Bahu Assembly segment.
The BJP has named Bharat Bhushan from the newly carved Kathua assembly segment.
nder Gupta who fought over jammers and protocols during the PDP-BJP government.
There were reports that when Dr Nirmal Singh was Deputy Chief Minister and Kavinder Gupta was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly both brazenly fought for protocol and jammers.
Although Dr. Nirmal Singh was already dropped as he was replaced by Satish Sharma on the Billawar Assembly segment, Kavinder Gupta was expecting a party mandate for the Bahu Assembly segment.
The BJP on Sunday released its sixth list of candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections,
The party has dropped senior leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta from his Bahu Assembly segment in the latest list of 10 candidates.
Former Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Vikram Randhawa has been fielded to replace Gupta in the erstwhile Gandhi Nagar seat, which is now known as Bahu after delimitation.
The BJP has named Bharat Bhushan from the newly carved Kathua assembly segment and announced Ghulam Muhamed Mir as the candidate from Handwara.
Naseer Ahmad Lone will contest from Bandipora, while RS Pathania has been named for Udhampur East.
Mohammed Idrees Karnahi, Abdul Rashid Khan, and Faqir Mohammad Khan will contest from Karnah, Sonawari, and Gurez, respectively. The BJP also named Rajeev Bhagat from the Bishnah constituency and Surinder Bhagat from the Marh assembly segments of the Jammu district.
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