Congress releases third list of 19 candidates
The Congress on Monday night released its third list of 19 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Of the 19 candidates, three are from the Kashmir region, while 16 are from the Jammu region.
In Kashmir, Irshad Abdul Gani will contest from the Langate seat; Haji Abdul Rashid Dar will contest from Sopore and Advocate Irfan Hafeez Lone has been fielded from the Wagoora Kreeri seat.
In Jammu region, Summit Mangotra will contest from Udhampur West; Mool Raj from Ram Nagar (SC); Kajal Rajput from Bani; Manohar Lal Sharma from Bilawar; Chaudhary Lal Singh from the Basohli seat.
Besides, Thakur Balbir Singh has been named from Jasrota; Rakesh Choudhary Jatt from Hiranagar; Yashpal Kundal from Ramgarh (SC); Krishan Dev Singh from Samba; Neeraj Kundan from Bisnah (SC).
Senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla will contest from RS Pora Jammu South; TS Tony from Bahu; Yogesh Sawhney from Jammu east; Balbir Singh from Nagrota; Thakur Manmohan Singh from Jammu West and Mula Ram from the Marh (SC) Assembly constituency.
