Jammu & Kashmir polls: Rift in BJP over ‘parachute’ nominees
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Jammu & Kashmir polls: Rift in BJP over ‘parachute’ nominees

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR: With BJP not fielding candidates in eight of the 16 Assembly seats in the Valley in first phase of polling in Jammu & Kashmir on September 18, and is likely to field only 15 candidates from 47 seats in Kashmir, there is discontent among the party ranks as loyalists feel hard done by party giving mandate to “parachute” candidates and sparing seats for like-minded candidates and parties. Of the 24 Assembly seats going to polls in the first phase, the party has announced 16 candidates. It has named candidates for all eight seats in Jammu region, while of the 16 seats in the Valley, it has named eight candidates and left as many seats for like-minded candidates. Kashmir spokesman Altaf Thakur from Tral constituency in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district also has failed to get the mandate.

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