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Thirty-three candidates, including 13 independents and 4 women, filed their information papers from Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituencies, which are going to bypolls successful Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) adjacent month, predetermination officials said.
Monday (October 20, 2025) was the past day for the filing of the information papers from the 2 assembly segments going to polls connected November 11. The scrutiny of papers is scheduled for October 22 and withdrawal of candidatures for October 24.
The counting of votes volition instrumentality spot connected November 14.
The Budgam spot fell vacant aft Chief Minister Omar Abdullah retained Ganderbal — his family’s bastion — aft winning some assembly seats, portion a bye-election was necessitated successful Nagrota by the demise of BJP legislator Devender Singh Rana connected October 31 past year.
The officials said 20 candidates, including 8 independents filed their nominations from Budgam constituency wherever National Conference has fielded erstwhile curate Aga Syed Mehmood Al-Mousvi, BJP Aga Syed Mohsin Mosvi and PDP Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi.
Deeba Khan of Aam Aadmi Party, an independent, Aditi Sharma, from Jammu and Mukhtar Ahmad Dar of Apni Party are among different candidates, they said, adding the database besides included covering candidates.
In Nagrota constituency, BJP has fielded Rana’s daughter, Devyani Rana, who is facing a large situation from National Conference campaigner and District Development Council subordinate Shamim Begum and BJP rebel and president of J&K Panchayat Conference Anil Sharma who is warring arsenic an independent.
Former curate Harsh Dev Singh of J&K National Panthers Party (India) is among the different salient faces from the constituency. There are 4 different independents successful the fray arsenic good arsenic AAP person Joginder Singh.
