Azad turns down the offer for Contesting Udhampur
Srinagar: State Congress Saturday finalized the names of its candidates for the Jammu and Ladakh province for the forthcoming parliamentary polls while as former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad turned down the offer of contesting from Udhampur lok sabha constituency.
According to the KNS sources, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has turned down the party offer of contesting from Udhampur lok sabha constituency- hence paving way for the Congress leader Lal Singh to emerge as the expected candidate for the seat despite the strong resentment among the Congress leaders and workers against Singh. The Congress activists were reportedly antagonist towards the emergence of Singh as the candidate for Parliamentary polls in Udampur. It has been learnt that even NC was not in favor of the Congress decision of nominating Lal Singh as candidate for the seat.
Sources informed further that name of Madan Lal Sharma has been finalized by the party leadership for Jammu constituency while as Ringzin Sapalbar will fight for the Ladakh parliamentary seat.
Senior Congress leader while pleading anonymity told KNS over phone that anger is being seen among the Congress workers of Kashmir for not being given the seat share in valley. It has been informed further that the workers are unhappy that the state Congress despite its high popularity graph in Kashmir province has not been provided opportunity to contest for at least one parliamentary seat out of three and that it would have been beneficial for both Congress and NC. (KNS)