Today in Politics: Omar among 239 candidates in fray as J&K votes in phase 2 of polls; PM Modi back in campaign mode after US visit

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Voting successful the 2nd signifier of the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections volition instrumentality spot connected Wednesday with 239 candidates successful the fray successful 26 constituencies crossed the Union Territory.

In the archetypal J&K Assembly canvass since the reorganisation of the erstwhile state, polling volition instrumentality spot for 15 Assembly segments successful the Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam districts of Central Kashmir; and successful 11 constituencies successful the Reasi, Rajouri and Poonch districts of the Jammu part successful the 2nd phase.

In Kashmir, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah is contesting successful 2 seats – Ganderbal and Budgam. J&K Congress main Tariq Hameed Karra is besides successful the fray from the Central Shalteng seat, wherever Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi campaigned connected Monday.

Apni Party person Altaf Bukhari is contesting successful Srinagar’s Channapora, portion BJP authorities portion main Ravinder Raina is seeking re-election from the Nowshera spot successful Jammu.

For the NC, the Ganderbal spot holds value since 3 generations of the Abdullahs person represented the constituency successful the J&K Assembly. Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is erstwhile again successful the fray from the household bastion, arsenic good arsenic from Budgam.

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In Jammu, the BJP’s J&K president Ravinder Raina, erstwhile ministers Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali, Shabir Ahmed Khan and Syed Mushtaq Bukhari are among cardinal candidates that are successful the fray for 11 assembly constituencies. Of these, six constituencies are ST reserved. Bukhari, 75-year-old who ended his four-decade affiliation with NC to articulation the BJP successful 2022, is contesting from the Scheduled Tribe-reserved Surankote seat. Shabir Khan, a erstwhile minister, is contesting arsenic a Congress campaigner successful the ST-reserved Thannamandi spot against Zulfikar Ali, a erstwhile curate who was elected doubly arsenic PDP nominee successful 2008 and 2014 but has since joined the BJP.

Modi to code rally successful Sonipat

After wrapping up the three-day US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday volition code a nationalist gathering successful Haryana successful Sonipat.

Several elder BJP leaders, including Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, volition stock the dais with the PM. BJP territory president Jasbir Dodwa said the rally volition beryllium historic.

In his archetypal rally successful Haryana connected September 15 successful Kurukshetra up of the October 5 Assembly polls, Modi urged the radical of the authorities to elite a BJP authorities for the 3rd consecutive time.

Kurukshetra, which was a cardinal hub of the farmers’ protests against the now-scrapped cardinal workplace laws during 2020-21, the PM highlighted the farmer-centric policies of the BJP-led governments successful Haryana and astatine the Centre.

Rahul to code rally, conscionable professionals successful J&K

Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi volition code an predetermination rally successful Jammu connected Wednesday successful enactment of Congress candidates Raman Bhalla and TS Tony, who are contesting the polls from Jammu South and Bahu Assembly constituencies respectively.

Before the rally, Gandhi volition interact with immoderate professionals successful Jammu. According to a connection by the All India Professionals Congress (AIPC), the lawsuit aims to foster unfastened dialog connected the important challenges faced by professionals successful the region, providing a unsocial accidental for their voices to beryllium heard astatine the nationalist level. “The AIPC invited professionals to articulation this speech and lend to shaping the aboriginal of Jammu and Kashmir,” Sanjay Sapru, caput of the AIPC’s Jammu and Kashmir portion said.

Gandhi volition extremity the time with a nationalist rally astatine Sopore.

Andhra HC to perceive plea connected Tirupati laddu

The Andhra Pradesh High Court connected Wednesday volition perceive a petition filed by YSRCP person Y V Subba Reddy implicit the Tirupati laddu controversy.

During an NDA legislative enactment gathering past week, TDP supremo and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that the erstwhile YSRCP authorities did not adjacent spare the Sri Venkateswara temple and utilized substandard ingredients and carnal abdominous for making laddus.

Amit Shah successful Maharashtra

Union Home Minister Amit Shah volition sojourn Nashik and Kolhapur connected Wednesday, authorities BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said past week.

“His guidance volition energise enactment workers and guarantee the Mahayuti (comprising BJP, Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP) retains powerfulness successful Maharashtra, Bawankule asserted. Polls are apt to beryllium held successful the authorities successful November.

Delhi BJP to clasp rank drive

The BJP’s Delhi portion volition undertake a mega rank workout connected Wednesday connected the juncture of the commencement day of enactment ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, the enactment said successful a statement.

A reappraisal gathering of the BJP’s ongoing rank thrust was held astatine the Talkatora stadium present connected Sunday wherever the party’s nationalist wide caput Vinod Tawde emphasised the value of expanding enactment rank up of the Delhi Assembly elections, slated to beryllium held aboriginal adjacent year.

Meanwhile, Party nationalist president and Union Health Minister J P Nadda volition wage tributes to Upadhyay astatine the enactment office and besides inaugurate a wellness campy connected the occasion.

– With PTI inputs

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