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Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir state president Vikar Rasool Wani has won the Banihal seat twice in 2008 and 2014. In the 2014 assembly elections, Wani defeated JKPDP candidate Bashir Ahmed Raynal by a huge margin.
Assembly elections are going to be held in Jammu and Kashmir after about 10 years. In such a situation, all the parties have started preparing for it in full swing. This time, while there is going to be a tough fight in the state, caste equations are also going to play an important role in this election. Congress party has fielded Vikal Rasool Wani from Banihal seat. On the other hand, Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Mohammad Salim Bhatt. Apart from this, JKNC has made Sajjad Shaheen and JKPDP has made the contest interesting by fielding Imtiaz Ahmed Shan.
Vikar Rasool Wani
Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir state president Vikar Rasool Wani has won the Banihal seat twice in 2008 and 2014. In the 2014 assembly elections, Wani defeated JKPDP candidate Bashir Ahmed Raynal by a huge margin. Wani won the Baniwal seat for the first time in 2008. When he defeated independent candidate Shaukat Javed. Now in the 2024 elections, Vikar is once again contesting from the Banihal seat on a Congress ticket.
History of Banihal seat
This time, an interesting and tough contest can be seen on the Banihal seat of Jammu and Kashmir. The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Mohammad Salim Bhatt from this seat, Sajjad Shaheen from JKNC and Imtiaz Ahmed Khan from JKPDP. Many candidates have entered the electoral fray as independents from this seat. Let us tell you that this is a seat where Congress won first in the year 1972. Then in the year 2008, an independent and National Conference won from this seat. But now after Rasool’s political entry from the Banihal seat, Congress has become stronger here. In this election, Vikar Rasool Wani is preparing to score a hat-trick of victory for the third time.
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