BJP holds election rally in Bandipora
Mir Tariq Bandipora, Oct 29: Amid tight security Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held first public election rally here in this newly created district.Dozens of BJP loyalists and workers marched from Kaloosa to SK Stadium amidst chanting of pro Islamic slogans.BJP is the first pro India party that openly initiated election campaign after recent non violent pro freedom uprising while other parties confined their campaign to party offices in Bandipora.The BJP nominee for the constituency Shamus ud-Din Gojjar was the first candidate to submit nomination papers before Returning Officer Bandipora. Accompanied by BJP State President Sofi Nazir, Altaf Riana and Charan Singh Khalasa, Gojjar said, “We will fight the coming State Assembly polls on the agenda of growing unemployment, lack of basic amenities, poverty and illiteracy in the constituency.” "We will not charge electricity bills to people living below poverty line and will give free ration which they getting at Rs 17/per Kg," Gojjar said.BJP State President Nazir said "We will work for the betterment of downtrodden people in the constituency, and will work on the agenda of former PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee."Polling in Bandipora is going to take place on November 17. So far no party has come up with election agenda, except BJP, in this constituency.