Over 40% Independents in fray; most aided by BJP to divide votes, claim rivals
Millennium Post Delhi|New Delhi 17September2024
More than 40 per cent of the 908 candidates contesting the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are Independents, leading to claims that a large number of them have been propped up by the BJP to divide votes.
Over 40% Independents in fray; most aided by BJP to divide votes, claim rivals

These are the first Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the 2019 abrogation of the Article 370 and its reorganisation into two Union territories.

The number of assembly seats has also risen from the earlier 87 to 90 - 47 in the Kashmir valley and 43 in H Baramulla MP and AIP Engineer Rashid during poll campaigning pic/pti Jammu - following a delimi- Highlights tation exercise in 2022.

The high number of the Independent candidates in the fray has led to the National Conference, Congress and the People's Democratic Party to allege that they were being supported by "Delhi".

A total 365 candidates have filed their nominations as Independent candidates to contest the three-phase polls.

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