By Our Special Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov. 19: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP leader L.K. Advani and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will be the star campaigners from their respective political parties in Jammu and Kashmir. They are arriving in Jammu later this month to address a series of election meetings.
While the Prime Minister and the Congress president will visit both Jammu and the Valley to seek votes for its candidates, the BJP leaders are scheduled to confine their campaigning in Jammu region alone as the party is unlikely to win any seats in the Kashmir Valley. Polling for the state’s third region, Ladakh, was held on November 17 in the first of the seven phased Assembly elections. In Jammu, sources in the BJP and Congress said that both the parties have requested their respective senior national leaders to visit the region to give a fillip to their poll campaign.
Mr Advani, BJP president Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Gujarat chief minister have been requested to campaign in favour of the BJP candidates.
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Vote in 8 districts in Phase 2 today
Raipur, Nov. 19: Elections for 51 seats in the 90-member House, in eight districts of Chattisgarh will be held on Thursday during the second phase of Assembly polls in the state.
Electoral fortunes of 687 candidates, including 50 women will be sealed in the EVMs with 88,14,228 voters turnout expected.
Besides former chief minister Ajit Jogi and his wife Renu Jogi, prominent leaders who are in the fray include BJP state president Vishnudeo Sai, Deputy Speaker Badridhar Diwan, home minister Ramvichar Netam, health minister Amar Agrawal, Dilipsingh Judeo’s son Yudhvir Singh Judeo and former home minister Nand Kumar Patel.
—PTI
