Jammu, October 8:
In the assembly elections held in Jammu Kashmir after ten years. The Bharatiya Janata Party has hoisted its flag in the plains of Jammu division. In the last phase of elections, the party won 22 out of 24 seats in Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Udhampur districts of Jammu division.
In the plain districts of Jammu division, the star campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi proved fruitful and the National Conference-Congress alliance failed to open its account in these districts. The flaws in the selection of Congress candidates in these districts were also proved.
Satish Sharma, son of former Congress MP Madan Lal Sharma, who left the Congress and contested as an independent candidate, won the Chhamb assembly seat of Jammu district and Dr. Rameshwar won the election from Bani of Kathua district. In this way, even after forming an alliance with the National Conference, the Congress failed in the plain districts of Jammu division.
In the 2014 assembly elections, BJP had won 18 seats while losing 3 out of 21 assembly seats in Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Udhampur districts. This time, after increasing three seats due to delimitation, BJP has lost only 24 seats out of 24 to independent candidates.
In such a situation, BJP has improved its performance in these districts of Jammu division. In the 2014 assembly elections, BJP had lost Bishnah and Nagrota seats in Jammu district. This time the party has won both these seats and has won ten out of 11 seats in Jammu district.