Srinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will address two election rallies in Jammu and Kashmir on September 4. Congress general secretary and candidate from Dooru assembly constituency in Anantnag district of North Kashmir, Ghulam Ahmed Mir has given this information.
Ghulam Ahmed Mir said in a press conference that the Congress-NC alliance candidates want Rahul Gandhi to address their election rallies in the Union Territory.
Mir said, “Rahul Gandhi will reach Jammu and Kashmir on September 4 and here he will address two election rallies. One rally will be in Jammu and the other rally will be in Kashmir Valley.”
Earlier on Saturday, Congress released the list of its 40 star campaigners for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. This list includes the names of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
Voting for the first phase in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on September 18. The Congress party released a list of 40 star campaigners for the first phase on Saturday. The list released by Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal includes the names of Jairam Ramesh, Ambika Soni, Ajay Maken, Salman Khurshid and Kanhaiya Kumar.
Apart from this, Himachal Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, former Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot have also got a place in this list.
It is known that there is an alliance between National Conference (NC) and Congress in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. Out of 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference will contest on 52 seats and Congress on 31 seats.
Former Chief Minister and NC Vice President Omar Abdullah will contest from the assembly seat of Ganderbal district. NC founder and Omar Abdullah’s grandfather Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah had won from this seat in 1975. The National Conference has already announced the names of candidates on 50 seats.
–IANS
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