NEW DELHI: A day ahead of the launch of party manifesto by Union minister Amit Shah, BJP on Thursday released its list of star campaigners for Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls.
The list of star campaigners includes the party’s prominent faces, including PM Modi, Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh. The party has also named Union ministers J P Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nitin Gadkari, Manohar Lal Khattar and G Kishan Reddy.
Himachal LoP Jai Ram Thakur, Union MoS Jitendra Singh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, MP Anurag Thakur will also campaign for the party in second phase of J&K polls. The list of 40 star campaigners also includes former Amethi MP Smriti Irani.
Shah will release party’s poll manifesto for J&K polls on Friday. As per party sources, on first day of his visit, Shah will meet with core group of state BJP unit to review the party’s poll preparations and ground-level activities. On the second day, he will hold discussions with party members to ensure success in the polls. Shah’s visit comes at a critical time for BJP in J&K as the party faces growing challenges with several members and workers protesting and some of them leaving the saffron party after being denied tickets.
The first phase of the elections will see 219 candidates in the fray, with voting scheduled for September 18. This will be the first assembly election in J&K since the scrapping of Article 370.
The list of star campaigners includes the party’s prominent faces, including PM Modi, Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh. The party has also named Union ministers J P Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nitin Gadkari, Manohar Lal Khattar and G Kishan Reddy.
Himachal LoP Jai Ram Thakur, Union MoS Jitendra Singh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, MP Anurag Thakur will also campaign for the party in second phase of J&K polls. The list of 40 star campaigners also includes former Amethi MP Smriti Irani.
Shah will release party’s poll manifesto for J&K polls on Friday. As per party sources, on first day of his visit, Shah will meet with core group of state BJP unit to review the party’s poll preparations and ground-level activities. On the second day, he will hold discussions with party members to ensure success in the polls. Shah’s visit comes at a critical time for BJP in J&K as the party faces growing challenges with several members and workers protesting and some of them leaving the saffron party after being denied tickets.
The first phase of the elections will see 219 candidates in the fray, with voting scheduled for September 18. This will be the first assembly election in J&K since the scrapping of Article 370.