J&K Assembly Elections: PM Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath among 40 BJP Star Campaigners for Second Phase

Sept. 5, 2024, 6:32 p.m.

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On Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party released its list of star campaigners for the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, scheduled to take place on September 25th.

The BJP has announced its list of star campaigners for the second phase of the J&K assembly elections.

The list includes notable names like PM Narendra Modi, Union Ministers JP Nadda, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, and Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, among others… pic.twitter.com/CSjNRs49DJ

— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2024 Advertisement The list of star campaigners includes party’s prominent leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The party has also chosen a group of Union Ministers to lead their campaign, including JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nitin Gadkari, Manohar Lal Khattar and G Kishan Reddy.

Alongside them, Himachal Pradesh LoP Jai Ram Thakur, Union MoS Jitendra Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, and MP Anurag Thakur will also campaign for the party in the second phase of J-K elections.

The list of 40 prominent campaigners also includes former Amethi MP Smriti Irani.

Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will release the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) election manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on September 6, as per party sources.

Shah is expected to arrive in Jammu around 2 pm on Friday, where he will release the manifesto at the BJP’s media centre in the city.

According to party sources, on the first day of his visit, the Home Minister will meet with the core group of the state’s BJP unit to review the party’s election preparations and ground-level activities. On the second day, Shah will hold discussions with party leaders to ensure the success of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Advertisement The initial phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections will feature 219 candidates in the race, with voting planned for September 18. This will be the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir since the repeal of Article 370.

The second phase will take place on September 25, and the third on October 1, with the results announced on October 8.

The abrogation of Article 370 led to the revocation of the state’s special status and its bifurcation into two Union Territories in 2019.