Overview

• J&K BJP said it will contest all four Upper House seats after a core group meeting in Jammu, with the party citing the need to put up representatives across all contests.
• The Election Commission fixed October 24 for polling, set October 13 as the last date for nominations, and scheduled counting for the evening of polling day.
• Party leaders said three candidatures will be filed to cover the four vacancies because the seats are being filled through three separate elections under law.
• BJP’s core panel, chaired by Tarun Chugh and attended by Union minister Jitendra Singh and state leaders, prepared a list of probables including Sat Sharma, Nirmal Singh, Ravinder Raina and Sunil Sethi for the high command to decide.
• NC says it will contest all seats and expects to win three based on alliance numbers, while Congress is pressing for one seat as allies weigh allocations under the single transferable vote system with a quota of roughly 19 MLAs.