India, April 23 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced Tashi Gyalson, a former party general secretary of the Ladakh unit, as its candidate from the union territory, replacing the incumbent lawmaker Jamyang Tsering Namgyal.

An advocate, Gyalson, is a councilor from Lingshed constituency and in 2020 was elected as chairman and chief executive councilor of the 6th Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, (LAHDC), Leh.

He joined the BJP after the BJP-PDP coalition government in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir collapsed. He was then a member of the PDP.

"Shortly after joining the BJP, he was made the party's general secretary...he is an astute politician," said a functionary.

The nomination has, however, upset a se...