State BJP chief to be in fray from Nowshera

THE BJP on Monday released its fourth list of six candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, fielding party's J&K unit chief and firebrand leader Ravindra Raina from his home constituency Nowshera in border district of Rajouri in Jammu region.

- FAYAZ WANI

Raina, who has been J&K BJP chief since before the Article 370 abrogation, had won the Assembly polls from the Nowshera in his electoral debut in 2014. Er Aijaz Hussain, a BJP district development committee (DDC) member from Srinagar, has been fielded from the prestigious Lal Chowk seat in Srinagar. Aijaz, a youth leader, was among the three BJP members, who won the DDC polls in 2020.