BJP names 3 candidates
Srinagar, Oct. 13 -- The BJP on Sunday announced names of three candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections in J&K slated to be held on October 24, while the party MLAs in J&K held a meeting in Srinagar to strategise for filing nominations on Monday.
The Central Election Committee of the BJP approved the names of the three candidates from the UT for the four seats to be filed under the three notifications of the Election Commission of India. The names are Ali Muhammad Mir, Rakesh Mahajan and Satpal Sharma. Sharma is BJP's state president, Mahajan is senior vice-president and Mir is a senior leader from Budgam.
Mir has been nominated as the party's candidate for first notification while Mahajan has been approved for second notification and Sharma has been announced as the candidate for the two seats notified under the third notification....
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