Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Can Narendra Modi swing Jammu for the BJP? It’s a constituency the Congress has won eight times and which it currently holds. The BJP has won Jammu – its 1.76 million voters making it the largest among the six Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir – thrice and could just come up trumps this time around thanks to the Narendra Modi factor. The public meeting addressed here late last year by the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate was well attended and this has given the party hope about the prospects of Jugal Kishore, the state party chief and the sitting legislator from the Nagrota assembly constituency. Although the Congress is yet to make a formal announcement about its candidate, party sources confirmed to IANS that Madan Lal Sharma would be seeking re-election for the third time. Kashmir’s ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition is fighting the Lok Sabha poll in alliance. Thus, Sharma is supported by the NC, which has not fielded a candidate from Jammu for the April 10 poll. #namo #WithNaMoForBastar
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:28:28 +0000
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