Srinagar, Feb. 24 -- Eyeing the upcoming municipal and urban local bodies polls, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) affiliated candidates, some of whom fought recent assembly elections, on Sunday launched a political party - Justice and Development Front (JDF).

Jamaat, a politico-religious organisation, which was banned by the central government in 2019 for their alleged links to militant outfits, had fielded some 10 candidates as Independents in the assembly elections that happened last year in September-October, including Sayyar Ahmad Reshi and Talat Majid in South Kashmir with no success on any seat.

HT was the first one to report last year that the JeI members were intending to start a party and had also decided on the title of the banner.

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