SRINAGAR: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and former CM Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mehbooba Mufti is trailing with 17,127 votes, behind by a margin of 5,067 votes in Jammu & Kashmir. Despite her efforts, Mufti is struggling to gain ground in Bijbehara constituency.
Iltija finally accepted defeat thanking he people for the affection she got while on the campaign trail. “I accept the verdict of the people. The love and affection I received from everyone in Bijbehara will always stay with me. Gratitude to my PDP workers who worked so hard throughout this campaign”, she said.
I accept the verdict of the people. The love & affection I received from everyone in Bijbehara will always stay with me. Gratitude to my PDP workers who worked so hard throughout this campaign 💚
— Iltija Mufti (@IltijaMufti_) October 8, 2024
Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference has taken the lead with 22,194 votes, ahead by a comfortable margin of 5,067 votes. Meanwhile, Election Commission of India released at 12.40 am on Tuesday have indicated that in Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu Kashmir National Conference and Congress alliance are leading with 50 seats. The counting is still underway.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading with 28 seats. As per the Election Commission data, between 6-15 rounds of counting have been completed in most of the 90 constituencies in the region. The voting results decide the electoral fate of several former ministers including Tara Chand, Muzaffar Baig, Raman Bhalla, Basharat Bukha along with Omar Abdullah, Ravinder Raina, Yousuf Tarigami and several others.
On October 5, PDP candidate from Lal Chowk Assembly seat, Zuhaib Yousuf Mir, hinted that they can join the National Conference-Congress alliance to keep the BJP out of power. He said, “As far as we are concerned, exit polls are not a serious activity but time pass activity. The PDP is confident that it will be an indispensable and important part of the secular government that will form in J-K. PDP will have an important role in forming any secular government. We had said that we are ready to take any step to save the identity of Kashmir but for this, it is important that we formulate a secular government, a government against BJP not with them”. (ANI)