J&K POLLS :BJP releases 6th list of 10 candidates

New Delhi: The BJP Sunday released a fresh list of 10 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, re- placing ex-deputy chief minis- ter Kavinder Gupta with former member of legislative council (MLC) Vikram Randhawa from Bahu seat of Jammu district.

Gupta was elected from Gandhi Nagar, renamed as Bahu Assembly segment, in 2014 elec- tions. With the release of the sixth list for the third phase of elections, the BJP has so far named 62 candidates, including 20 for the Kashmir Valley, where the BJP is yet to open its ac- count in Assembly elections. Randhawa found himself em- broiled in controversies on three occasions between 2019 and 2021, leading to filing of two FIRS against him at separate police sta- tions in Ladakh and Jammu and also forcing him to tender an unconditional public apology to Union minister Jitendra Singh for levelling baseless allegations of corruption against him.