Ghulam Nabi Azad will not contest from J-K’s Anantnag-Rajouri seat
SRINAGAR: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) on Wednesday announced that chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad will not contest the Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag-Rajouri seat. Mohammad Amin Bhat, DPAP’s provincial president, said that now Mohammad Saleem Parray will be contesting from the constituency.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference senior leader Mian Altaf are participating in the elections for the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary seat.
“Azad will not contest the elections (from Anantnag-Rajouri seat). A meeting took place with Azad and it was decided that advocate Saleem Parray will be the DPAP candidate for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat,” Bhat told reporters in Anantnag.
The DPAP leader mentioned that Azad has certain reasons for not contesting, but he chose not to disclose those.
The DPAP made an announcement on April 2 that Azad would be participating in the elections for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat.
“Today the core committee of DPAP met and we have decided that (party president) Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest the Anantnag-Rajouri seat,” DPAP leader Taj Mohiuddin had said.
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