The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea challenging the power of the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir to nominate five Members (MLAS) to the Legislative Assembly of the UT.
The BJP indicated that it might announce its support to Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) leader Gopal Kanda, who is an incumbent MLA from Sirsa, extended his support to the saffron party after the 2019 assembly elections.
Saini, who is contesting from Kurukshetra’s Ladwa constituency, inaugurated a party office in the constituency and performed hawan-puja before filing his nomination papers.
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday became the first political leader in Jammu and Kashmir to file his nomination from two constituencies for the upcoming assembly election.
A large number of NC leaders and activists accompanied Omar who is likely to contest the assembly election also from another seat in the Budgam district, reports said.
The JeI contested the assembly elections till 1987 but later boycotted the polls from 1993 as they were part of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference that advocated poll boycott.
Tuesday was the last day of filing nomination papers for the first phase of Assembly polling scheduled to be held on 18 September.
The BJP announced Kurian its Rajya Sabha candidate from MP on Tuesday evening.
The last phase polls will witness voting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will go for hat-trick win from Varanasi.
In a communiqué, the CEO's Office said, “114 nominations received by 3rd May for all the parliamentary constituencies in Delhi."
