Escorted by senior party leaders and supporters, he filed his nomination papers before the district development commissioner Baramulla, Minga Sherpa, who is the returning officer of the constituency.
The polling for the constituency, where BJP candidate and Union Minister in the PMO Dr Jitendra Singh is aiming to make a hat-trick, will be held in the first phase on 19 April.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled the BJP’s promises of abrogation of Article 370, construction of Ram temple and the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The home minister said that such remarks by the Congress party hurt "every patriotic citizen who cares for the unity and integrity of the nation."
Thakur, who was accompanying the BJP candidate for Jammu Lok Sabha seat Jugal Kishore for filing his nomination papers here, said that the Modi Government has initiated a number of development projects in Jammu and Kashmir during the past ten years.
Scientific disposal/processing of waste covered 570 more wards recording an increase of 52 per cent. Other flagship national programmes, including Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are reaching saturation in J&K.
If I look towards Kashmir, Article 370 could have been removed earlier as neither the issue is related to any religion or party. If 500 princely states can unite to form India, why was Kashmir kept as a separate entity? Likewise, if we talk about the Ram Janmabhoomi issue, our ideology doesn’t say that we are against any religion but it says we respect all religions.
Dr. Farooq said that every NC worker and leader should stay in touch with the people in every village and locality.
On the second day of his tour to the union territory after abrogation of the Article 370, Shah was addressing a public rally here..
“The reality is that there is a systematic disempowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that is continuing to happen, through bureaucratic rule”, Tarigami said in a statement.
