Azad, Six others file papers for RS polls in Kashmir

Posted on 29th Jan 2015 04:02 pm by mohit kumar

Jammu, Jan 28 (IANS) Seven candidates, including Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

The seven candidates, who filed their papers in Jammu, were Mir Mohammad Fayaz (Peoples Democratic Party), Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo (National Conference), Shamsher Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party), Nasir Aslam Wani (National Conference), Nazir Ahmad Laway (PDP), Chander Mohan Sharma (BJP) and Azad.

The papers will be scrutinised at the legislative assembly secretariat Jan 29. Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats will take place Feb 7.

The PDP and the BJP have decided to fight the elections jointly, as have the National Conference and the Congress.

The 87 assembly members form the electoral college for the Rajya Sabha elections.

The PDP has 28 members, the BJP 25, the National Conference 15, the Congress 12 and there are seven independents.

The four seats were earlier held by Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz of the Congress and Ghulam Nabi Ratanpuri and Muhammad Shafi Uri of the National Conference. The terms of Azad, Soz and Ratanpuri will end next month, while Shafi had resigned following his election to the state assembly.

Other news

Third Wave Of Corona: Like last time, there is no risk of black fungus in the third wave of coronavirus

Corona vaccination campaign is going on continuously. So far, more than 62 lakh vaccines have bee

Kerala Tourism launches video sequencing contest

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) Kerala Tourism Tuesday launched a month-long video sequencing

Prime Minister Modi will meet the Saudi Crown Prince today, and many issues including trade and defense will be discussed

Saudi Crown Prince is in Delhi on a three-day visit. During this time, he is staying here for his

Amit Shah said in Ayodhya - the smell of perfume of Samajwadi Party has spread across the state

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, during his frequent stay in Uttar Pradesh, visited

Now Facebook will also take money for Blue Tick: Zuckerberg will launch the service this week, starting with Australia and New Zealand

After Twitter, now Facebook and Instagram will also charge money for blue tick verification. Meta

Ganguly has faith in Rohit and Virat: BCCI President said - Kohli and Rohit will be in form soon; Wouldn't be surprised if Umran is elected

In the 15th season of IPL, the poor form of the Indian team's top stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Ko

Bluntly: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar broke his silence on India-China relations, said - this time the answer...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's statement has come to the fore amidst the long-standing

Extradited gangster Abu Salem to be sentenced Wednesday

Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Ten years after gangster Abu Salem was extradited by Portugal, a Mumbai c

Centre alerts Northeast over terror attacks before R-Day

Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal, Jan 25 (IANS) The union home ministry has alerted the northeastern stat

RRR Review: Rajamouli went one step ahead of 'Bahubali', read the review of Jr NTR and Ram Charan's 'RRR'

Movie: RRR

Cast: Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, and Ajay Devgn

Direction: SS Raj