BJP announces incharge, co-incharge for all 18 assembly segments of Anantnag LS seat

Jammu, May 02: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced in-charge and co-incharge for all the 18 assembly segments of the Anantnag parliamentary constituency who will be working among the people to seek votes.
Those who have been made in-charge are mostly the leaders who have come from other political parties and joined the BJP during these years. Prominent among them are former ministers Sham Lal Sharma, Surjit Singh Slathia, Abdul Gani Kohli and Shakti Raj Parihar, former legislators Balwant Singh Mankotia, R S Pathania, Shenaz Ganai, Pardeep Sharma and other leaders.
J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina has given these leaders charge of different assembly segments and they will be supported by co-incharge.
“BJP is working out to support a like-minded party or parties of Kashmir in all the three Lok Sabha seats of the valley – Anantnag, Srinagar and Baramulla – but so far, the list of incharge and co-incharge has only been announced for Anantnag-Rajouri seat where the saffron party claims to have a stake as well,” news agency KNO reported. BJP hasn’t fielded candidates in these constituencies.
Quoting a source, it added, “There are chances that for Anantnag and Srinagar Lok Sabha seats, BJP may support J&K Apni Party candidates and these leaders have been told to seek votes from people, on whom the party have invested by giving ST status to Pahari population and strengthening ST status of Gujjars and Bakarwals, and ensure that the people come and vote as well. For Baramulla seat, BJP may announce support for Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone.”
In this regard, a press conference may be addressed by senior party leaders in the coming days, the report said, adding that the party high command doesn’t want to lose ground in Rajouri and Poonch districts but to continue to hold the grip on the people for assembly elections, whenever held.
The J&K BJP president has given responsibility of Poonch Assembly segment to former Balwant Singh Mankotia, Mendhar to Pardeep Sharma, Surankote to Shenaz Ganai, Rajouri to Surjit Singh Slathia, Budhal to Abdul Gani Kohli, Thanamandi to Iqbal Malik, Nowshera to Sham Lal Sharma, Anantnag to Shahnawaz Khanday, Anantnag west to Rajeshwar Kumar, Anantnag East to Javed Zargar, Bijbehara to Firdous Bhawani, Pahalagam to Shakti Raj Parihar, Kokernag to Majnoo, Dooru to R S Pathania, Kulgam to Tariq Hussain Keen, Devsar to Saleem Bhat, D.H. Pora to Nazir Ganai and Zainpora to Kousar Natnoo.
The Anantnag Lok Sabha seat is all set to go for polls on May 25 after the Election Commissioner of India (ECI) postponed the polling date from May 07 owing to bad weather conditions. (KNO)