New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Monday released a list of six more candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The seats for which candidates have been announced will go to polls in the second phase.
The list figures of JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra among others. Karra will fight from Central-Shalteng assembly seat.
List released after election committee meet
The five other candidates include Mumtaz Khan from Reasi, Bhupendra Jamwal from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Iftikhar Ahmad from Rajouri (ST), Shabir Ahmad Khan from Thanamandi (ST) and Muhammad Shahnawaz Choudhary from Surankote (ST).
The list came after the Congress Central Election Committee finalized candidates for 23 assembly seats going to polls in second and third phases of assembly elections.
Three phase assembly polls
The 90-member Union territory will go to polls in three phases, the voting for the first phase will take place on September 18, second phase voting will take place on September 25 and the third phase on October 1. The counting of votes will take place on October 8.