Srinagar, Oct. 18 -- Chief Minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said that the candidate for Budgam Bypolls would be announced in the next 24 to 48 hours.

Addressing a press conference, he said that the National Conference would announce its candidate for the Budgam Assembly Constituency Bypolls in the next 24 to 48 hours. "We still have 2 to 3 days to finalise names for the bypolls," he said.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

He also said the National Conference (NC) has requested its ally, Congress, to field a candidate from the Nagrota Assembly seat in the upcoming by-election next month, while NC will contest the Budgam seat.

"We've formally offered the Nagrota seat to Congress, even though NC won it ...