New Delhi: Salman Anees Soz, son of President of the Jammu and Kashmir PCC Saifuddin Soz, figured in the list of the 23 Congress candidates for the Assembly polls, announced by the party tonight.
The US-educated Salman has been fielded from Baramullah, a segment of the Lok Sabha constituency once represented by his father.
Senior leaders Taj Mohieddin from Uri and Khemlats Wakhloo from Sonawar are prominent among other candidates. Congress is going it alone in the polls and contesting on all 87 Assembly seats.
This is the second list released by the party. Following is the list of Congress candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
Serial no Name of constituencies Candidates selected
11 Karnah - Asghar Khan
22 Kupwara - Gulam Rasool Malik
33 Lolab - Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir
44 Handwara - Mohammad Yasin Bhat
55 Langate - Bashir Ahmad Wani
66 Uritaj - Mohi-ud-Din
77 Rafiabad - Abdul Gani Vakil
88 Sopore - Haji Abdul Rasheed Dar
912 Sangarma - Shoaib Nabi Lone
1013 Baramulla - Salman Anees Soz
1115 Pattan - Shaikh Riaz Ahmed
1218 Hazaratbal- Sayeed Ahmed
1319 Zadibal - Shameema Raina
1420 Idgahimtiyaz - Ahmad Khan
1521 Khanyar - Mohammad Yaqoob Vakil
1622 Habbakadal - Raman Mattoo
1723 Amirakadal - Amir Rasool
1824 Sonawarkhem - Lata Wakhloo
1925 Batamaloo - Abdul Hameed Rather
2026 Chadoora - Master Mohammad Maqbool
2127 Budgam - Ghulam Hassan Geelani
2228 Beerwah - Nazir Ahmad Khan
2329 Khansahib - Abdul Ghani Naseem
2430 Charari Sharief - Zahid Hussain Jan
2531 Tral- Gulam Mohammad Mir
2632 Pampore - Mohammad Anwar Bhat
2733 Pulwama - Bashir Ahmad Magray
2834 Rajpora - Fayaz Ahmad Dar
2935 Wachimaroof - Ahmad Wani
3036 Shopian - Mushtaq Ahmad Khandey
3137 Noorabad - Manzoor Ahmad Zargar
3238 Kulgam - Peer Nizamuddin
3339 Home Shali Bugh - Ayatullah Rather
3440 Anantnag - Hilal Ahmad Shah
3541 Devsar - Mohammad Amin Bhat
3642Dorug - Amir
3743 Kokernag - Peerzada Mohammad Syeed
3844 Shangus - Gulzar Ahmad Wani
3945 Bijbehara - Manzoor Ahmad Ganai
4046 Pahalgao - Nirfan Ahmad Bhat
(kullar)
4157 Gulabgarh - Mumtaz Ahmad Khan
4258 Reasi - Jugal Kishore
4359 Gool arna - Saijaz Ahmad Khan
4460 Udhampur - Ashok Gupta
4561 Chanani (SC ) - Kishan Lal Baghat
4662 Ramnagar - Vinod Khajuria
4763 Bani - Rajnish Sharma
4865 Kathuaja - Tinder (babu) singh
4966 Billawar - Manohar Lal Sharma
5067 Hiranagar (SC) - Girdari Lal Chalotra
5168 Samba (SC) - Subhash Bhagat
5269 Vijaypur - Manjeet Singh
5370 Nagrota - Shiv Dev Singh
5471 Gandhinagar - Raman Bhalla
5572 Jammu east - Vikram Malhotra
5674 Bishnah - Gulchain Singh Charak
5775 RS Pura (SC) - Suman Bhagat
5876 Suchetgarh - RS Chib
5977 Marh - Balwan Singh
6078 Raipur Domana (SC) - Mula Ram
6179 Akhnoor - Sham Lal Sharma
6280 Chhamb (SC) - Tara Chand
6381 Nowshera - Ravinder Sharma
6482 Darhal - Mohd Iqbal Malik
6583 Rajauri - Shabir Ahmad Khan
6684 Kalakote - Ashok Sharma
6785 Surankote - Chowdry Akram
6886 Mendhar - Murtaza Khan
6987 Poonch - Haveli Bashir Naz