BJP Names Three for Rajya Sabha from J&K, Only Sat Pal Sharma Seen in Winning Position

Hope MLAs vote by conscience for valley's future: Jitendra Singh ahead of J&K RS polls

Srinagar, Oct 13: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said the BJP will not use any unfair means to win the Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, but hoped that MLAs will vote by their conscience for the party’s candidates in the interest of the union territory. “It is wrong to say that we (BJP) will incite cross-voting or indulge in buying votes. The BJP is a democratic party, we believe in and follow democratic principles,” Singh sai…

Dr Jitendra Singh reaches Srinagar to accompany BJP Rajya Sabha Candidates for filing nomination papers - The Legitimate

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh arrived in Srinagar on Monday morning to accompany the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates as they are filing their nomination papers for the three Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP has fielded Sat Sharma (CA), Rakesh Mahajan, and Dr. Ali Mohammad Mir as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. The trio is filing their nomination papers at the Civil Secretariat (J&K Assembly) in…

Sat Sharma among 3 BJP candidates for polls to 4 RS seats in J&K

STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday named three candidates, including its Jammu and Kashmir unit president Sat Pal Sharma, for the elections to four Rajya Sabha seats in the Union Territory scheduled for October 24. Two other candidates are Dr. Ali Mohammad Mir and Rakesh Mahajan.The Election Commission has issued three separate notifications for the elections to four seats.The National Conference-Congress combine has an edge in three…

BJP Names Three for Rajya Sabha from J&K, Only Sat Pal Sharma Seen in Winning Position

Ending weeks of speculation, the BJP on Sunday declared its candidates for three Rajya Sabha seats from J&K. The party's Central Election Committee approved Dr. Ali Mohammad Mir, Rakesh Mahajan, and J&K BJP president Sat Pal Sharma for the upcoming biennial elections, to be held under three separate notifications.