JAMMU: The Returning Officer of Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary constituency, Ramesh Kumar today rejected 12 nomination papers leaving 25 contestants in fray in the constituency after scrutiny of the documents here today.
The contestants whose papers were rejected are Naresh Kumar Talla of JP Janta Dal National Party, Talib Hussain of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Vicky Kumar Dogra of Janta Dal United and Tej Ram Dogra, Javed Iqbal Rishi, Mansoor Ahmed Khan, Kabir Hussain, Surjeet Singh, Suresh Kumar, Jasvir Singh, Labha Ram and Mohammad Rahoof, all independents.
The candidates left in the fray now included Syed Aqib Hussain of Independent Peoples’ Party, Jugal Kishore of BJP, Badrinath of BSP, Mohammad Younis of JK Peer Panjal Awami Party, Susheel Kumar of Hindustan Nirman Dal, Javaid Ahmed of All India Forward Bloc, Raman Bhalla of INC, Gursagar Singh of Navarang Congress Party, Prof. Bhim Singh of JK National Panthers Party, Kanta Andotra of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan, Lal Singh of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan and Rajiv Chunni, Subhash Chander, Shazbad Shabnam, Perseen Singh, Gulam Mustafa Chowdhary, Satish Poonchi, Bahadur, Manish Sahni, Sakander Ahmad Nourani, Tarsem Lal Khullar, Balwan Singh, Syed Zeshan Haider, Anil Singh and Ajay Kumar, all Independents.
The last date of withdrawal of candidature is March 28 up to 3 PM.
The polling will be held on April 11, 2019. The voting hours have been fixed from 7:00AM to 6:00PM.
