Srinagar:
The BJP today released a list of 44 candidates for the three-phase election to 90 Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir, but deleted it soon after. BJP sources have said a fresh list is expected soon.
Three key names were missing in the now-deleted list -- Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina, and former Deputy Chief Ministers Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta. The list had the name of Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh's brother Devendra Rana, who switched from the National Conference.
Two Kashmiri Pandits 14 Muslim candidates were also named in the first list. Several former leaders of Congress, National Conference, PDP and Panthers Party, who switched sides and joined the BJP, also featured in the now-deleted list.
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