ANANTNAG: People’s Democratic Party candidate for Anantnag-Pulwama Lok Sabha seat, Tassaduq Mufti filed his nomination papers here on Wednesday.
A huge gathering of party leaders and workers accompanied him to the office of returning officer in Anantnag, a PDP statement said.
Tassaduq, only son of former CM late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is a cinematographer by profession. However, he formally joined unionist politics on January 07 this year when his party observed death anniversary of his father.
Talking to the reporters after filing his papers Tasaduq said that the he was ready for the contest and that the real challenge for him will start once the elections are over.
“Challenge for me would be to address aspirations and expectations of the people and the job will start after elections are over, he said.
PDPs senior member and MP, Muzaffar Hussain Baig; party vice-president Muhammad Sartaj Madni; Ministers Ab Rehman Veeri, Ab Haq Khan, Farooq Andrabi; MP Rajya Sabha, Nazir Ahmad Laway, MP; Mehboob Beg; Ab Rahim Rather, MLA; Aijaz Mir, MLA; Mohammad Rafi Mir; Yasir Reshi MLC; Firdous Tak, MLC; Peer Mansoor Hussain, Sajad Mufti were present on the occasion.
Cong-NC Candidate Files Nomination
Jammu And Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Chief, Ghulam Ahmad Mir filed nomination papers for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday.
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Mir was accompanied by former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and working National Conference (NC) President Omar Abdullah, Tariq Hameed Karra, Senior Congress leaders Ambika Soni and Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed.
NC and Congress have formed pre-poll alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha by-elections of the two seats in Kashmir.
Polls for the Anantnag seat are scheduled on April 12.
Farooq Abdullah and GA Mir are the candidates of NC-Cong alliance for Srinagar and Anantnag seats, respectively.
4 Candidates File Papers for Anantnag Seat
Four candidates on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for by-elections to Anantnag Lok Sabha seat.
The candidates include Tasaduq Hussain Mufti of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ghulam Ahmad Mir of Indian National Congress (INC), Sanjay Kumar Dhar of Samajwadi Party and Rakesh Koul who is an independent candidate.
The candidates filed their nomination papers before the Returning Officer for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat.
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