JK polls 2024: Apni Party releases new list of 24 candidates, Altaf Bukhari to contest from Chanapora seat

Apni Party released a new list of 24 candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. According to the party notification, these candidates have been announced for the second and third phase of elections. Notably, party chief Altaf Bukhari will contest from Chanapora constituency. Other names include Mohammad Ashraf Mir from Lal Chowk seat, Ghulam Hassan Mir from Gulmarg, Ghulam Mohammad War from Sopore, Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah from Rajouri, Advocate Lovely Mangol from Samba and Shah Mohammad Tantray from Poonch Haveli.

Earlier on August 21, the Apni Party released its first list of eight candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory. The party also released its manifesto for the assembly elections, promising to pressurise the Centre for constitutional guarantees to preserve the culture and special identity of Jammu and Kashmir and work to restore the statehood of the Union Territory. The manifesto was released at a press conference in Srinagar by party general secretary Rafi Mir, who will contest from the Pahalgam constituency along with other senior leaders. All these seats are from south Kashmir where polling is scheduled to be held on September 18 in the first phase of the three-phase elections.

The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Voting will be held in three phases to elect 90 members of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. The elections will be held on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The election results will be declared on October 4. This will be the first election in the valley after the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution and the erstwhile state.