After two consecutive wins in 2014 and 2019 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party lost Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency to a prominent Shia leader from Kargil district, Hanifa Jan on Tuesday. As anticipated amid a protracted agitation over the Sixth Schedule and statehood demand, Independent candidate and prominent Shia leader from Kargil, Mohammad Hanifa Jan, won the strategic Lok Sabha …
Days ahead of polling for the sole Lok Sabha constituency in Ladakh, the National Conference on Monday suffered a major setback after its Kargil unit resigned en-masse. The development comes after the party high command, including president Farooq Abdullah, asked the party cadre in Kargil to support the INDIA bloc candidate Tsering Namgyal of the Congress. We have submitted a …
The Congress on Thursday picked Tsering Namgyal as the candidate for the Ladakh seat for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party was torn between Muslim-majority Kargil district and Buddhist-majority Leh district of the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, with each district pitching for its own candidate ahead of the polls. The Congress unit of Leh had put forth the name …
In a strategic move ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party has announced Tsering Namgyal as its candidate from the Ladakh constituency. Earlier today, Tsering Namgyal of the Congress filed his nomination, while Haji Hanifa Jan emerged as the joint candidate of Congress and National Conference in Kargil district. Candidate background Tsering Namgyal, hailing from Leh and …
A day after BJP denied ticket to Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal for the Lok Sabha elections, fake news is being spread claiming that he regrated his decision to join the BJP. Teena Karamveer, Congress communication coordinator of Rajasthan and a spokesperson of the party tweeted the fake quote in Hindi saying, “Joining BJP and supporting Modi was my worst …