Assembly Elections: Five DPAP among 25 candidates withdraw nomination papers

A total of 25 candidates have withdrawn their nomination papers for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, including five from the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP).

The withdrawn DPAP candidates as per the news agency Kashmir News Trust are Muhammad Aslam Goni (Bhadharwah), Fatima Begum (Inderwal), Muhammad Asif Khanday (Banihal), Girdhari Lal Bhau (Ramban), and Urfi Majid Wani (Doda).

 Additionally, Bahadur Singh from the Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party and Arshid Mutheir from the Bahujan Samaj Party have also withdrawn their nomination papers.

 The nomination papers of 36 candidates have been rejected. A total of 594 candidates have filed nomination forms so far. [KNT]