Jammu, April 10 -- The fate of 22 candidates will be decided by over 17, 67, 837 lakh voters of the Jammu-Samba-Reasi Lok Sabha seat in the second phase of General Elections to be held on April 26. On the last day of withdrawal of candidature in Jammu Parliamentary Constituency, Independent candidate Roop Krishen Dhar withdrew his nomination, leaving a total of 22 candidates in the fray.

The main contest is considered between candidates of arch-rivals BJP and Congress, though other parties having traditional vote banks dent any players' fortune. The prominent candidates remaining in the contest included sitting member of Parliament and BJP nominee Jugal Kishore, former minister, and Congress party's working president Raman Bhalla. Ankur ...