The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which met on June 14, approved candidates for the upcoming assembly elections.According to a statement issued, from Lolab, Abdul Haq Khan’s candidature has been repeated while as from Langate the party has given mandate to Ghulam Nabi Panditpuri, the brother of former MLA Mohammad Sultan Panditpuri. From Sangrama the sitting MLA Syed Basharat Bukhari will contest the elections while as Mohammad Yasir Reshi will be contesting from Sonawari.Molvi Imran Raza Ansari the son PDP senior leader Moulana Iftikhar Hussian Ansari has found his place in the list of PDP candidates. Imran will be contesting from Zadibal constituency.Mohammad Ashraf Mir, MLC will be contesting upcoming assembly elections from Sonwar on PDP ticket while the Javid Mustafa Mir the sitting MLA will be contesting from his constituency Chadoora.
From Tral the PDP candidate is Mushtaq Ahmad Shah while as from Pampore Zahoor Ahmad Mir will contest the upcoming elections. Abdul Majeed Padder the former Congress leader who recently joined the PDP will contest the election from Noorabad on PDP mandate. From Kulgam Nazir Ahmad Laway will be contesting the upcoming elections while as from Shangus constituency Peerzada Mansoor Hussain the sitting MLA has been asked to contest the upcoming elections. Rafi Ahmad Mir the sitting MLA will contest from his constituency Pahalgam while as from Inderwal the party has selected Dr Abdul Majeed for the upcoming assembly elections.Former pisional commissioner Kashmir Mehboob Iqbal has been given mandate from
Bhaderwah constituency while as from Ramban, Swami Raj Bhagat will be contesting the upcoming elections on PDP ticket.
Similarly, from Banihal the former bureaucrat Bashir Ahmad Rouniyal has been given party mandate for the upcoming elections while as from Gool Arnas Imtiyaz Hussain Shan will be contesting the elections.The party has given mandate Sukh Dev who will be contesting the elections from Udhampur while from Chenani Hans Raj is the party candidate. For Jammu East Bharat Mahajan has been given party mandate for the upcoming assembly elections while as Bushan Dogra will contest from Ranbir Singh Pura.From Suchet Garh S.Trilok Singh Bajwa has been given mandate while as from Darhal Choudhary Zulfikar Ali will contest the elections. From Kalakote Syed Assad Hussain Shah Bari has found his place in the list of candidates for upcoming assembly elections, while as Choudhary Qamar will be contesting from Rajouri. From Nowshara Surindar Choudhary is the party candidate while as from Poonch Shah Mohammad Tantary will contest the upcoming assembly elections. The second list of candidates will be announced shortly, a party spokesman said.