Srinagar, Sept 02: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) announced six additional candidates for the upcoming assembly elections, set for the second phase.
According to a communiqué from the party spokesman, JKPCC Chief Tariq Hameed Karra will contest from the Central-Shalteng seat.
The other candidates are 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).
This announcement comes shortly after the Congress Central Election Committee finalized candidates for 23 assembly seats in the second and third phases of the elections.
Congress also released a list of 40-star campaigners including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and former party chief Rahul Gandhi etc for the first phase of the J&K Assembly elections, scheduled to begin on September 18.
