Srinagar, August 20, KDC: In a strategic move ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced appointment of Ram Madhav along with G. Kishan Reddy to lead its campaign efforts.
According to Srinagar based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com, National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed to Ram Madhav, former National General Secretary, and G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister, to spearhead the party’s election campaign.
Madhav and Reddy has been officially appointed as the election in-charge, a role that will take effect immediately.
Ram Madhav, who previously served as the national general secretary from 2014 to 2020, is expected to bring his extensive experience in handling the political affairs of Jammu and Kashmir, as well as his expertise from managing campaigns in Assam and other northeastern states.
G Kishan Reddy, the Secunderabad MP and the current minister of coal and mines, will also help Ram Madhav in planning and preparation of the elections, the first to be held in the Union Territories since 2014 and also the first after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370, which ended the erstwhile state’s special status.
The notification for the first phase of the three-phased polls was issued earlier on Tuesday. The voting for the first phase will take place on September 18, second phase on September 25, and the third and final phase on October 1.
Jammu and Kashmir has a total of 90 Assembly constituencies, with 74 designated as general, 9 reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST), and 7 for Scheduled Castes (SC). The region has 87.09 lakh registered voters, including 44.46 lakh male and 42.62 lakh female electors, the Election Commission said earlier last week. (KDC)
