ANANTNAG: Usually celebrated because the “Land of Poets”, the air in Dooru appears thick with the echoes of classical Persian and Kashmiri verses. Among the many poets and storytellers, Saadat Hasan Manto had roots on this fairly city cradled by the towering Pir Panjal vary in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Dooru is at present drawing consideration not for its wealthy literary historical past, however for politics, as J&Okay gears up for its first meeting elections in a decade.Among the many ten candidates vying for the Dooru meeting constituency is AICC basic secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, the nominee of the Nationwide Convention (NC)-Congress alliance.
Mir, a two-time legislator, faces competitors from PDP’s Mohammad Ashraf Malik and independents backed by the banned Jamaat-e-Islami and Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Social gathering. The entry of former separatists as independents would possibly shake issues up for Mir, who can be a former J&Okay Congress president and minister.
The importance of the battle for Dooru might be gauged by the truth that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi kicked off his get together’s J&Okay election marketing campaign right here with a rally, whereas get together president Mallikarjun Kharge introduced 5 ensures for the Union territory if the alliance is elected.
Mir has centered his marketing campaign on native points, saying: “We had accredited a cable automobile undertaking, however PDP-BJP govt shifted it to Pahalgam.”
NC and Congress have traditionally dominated the constituency, successful six of the seven meeting elections since 1977. Mir received in 2002 and 2008, whereas the seat went to PDP in 2014 when Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi, brother of get together founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, defeated Mir.
Within the 2023 delimitation course of, Dooru noticed an extra 40,000 voters added, bringing the entire to 116,749. This expanded voters may play a significant position in figuring out the result.
On this summer time’s Lok Sabha elections, NC’s Mian Altaf secured victory within the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, which incorporates Dooru meeting section. Altaf defeated PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, gaining practically 30,000 votes in comparison with Mufti’s 9,802 from Dooru.
Political analysts are optimistic, saying the NC-Congress alliance stands an excellent probability within the absence of distinguished rivals. Nonetheless, it stays to be seen whether or not the NC vote base will shift to Mir.
The constituency votes within the first part on Sept 18. What occurs in Dooru won’t keep in Dooru, however felt in distant Delhi.
Dooru is at present drawing consideration not for its wealthy literary historical past, however for politics, as J&Okay gears up for its first meeting elections in a decade.Among the many ten candidates vying for the Dooru meeting constituency is AICC basic secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, the nominee of the Nationwide Convention (NC)-Congress alliance.
Mir, a two-time legislator, faces competitors from PDP’s Mohammad Ashraf Malik and independents backed by the banned Jamaat-e-Islami and Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Social gathering. The entry of former separatists as independents would possibly shake issues up for Mir, who can be a former J&Okay Congress president and minister.
The importance of the battle for Dooru might be gauged by the truth that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi kicked off his get together’s J&Okay election marketing campaign right here with a rally, whereas get together president Mallikarjun Kharge introduced 5 ensures for the Union territory if the alliance is elected.
Mir has centered his marketing campaign on native points, saying: “We had accredited a cable automobile undertaking, however PDP-BJP govt shifted it to Pahalgam.”
NC and Congress have traditionally dominated the constituency, successful six of the seven meeting elections since 1977. Mir received in 2002 and 2008, whereas the seat went to PDP in 2014 when Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi, brother of get together founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, defeated Mir.
Within the 2023 delimitation course of, Dooru noticed an extra 40,000 voters added, bringing the entire to 116,749. This expanded voters may play a significant position in figuring out the result.
On this summer time’s Lok Sabha elections, NC’s Mian Altaf secured victory within the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, which incorporates Dooru meeting section. Altaf defeated PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, gaining practically 30,000 votes in comparison with Mufti’s 9,802 from Dooru.
Political analysts are optimistic, saying the NC-Congress alliance stands an excellent probability within the absence of distinguished rivals. Nonetheless, it stays to be seen whether or not the NC vote base will shift to Mir.
The constituency votes within the first part on Sept 18. What occurs in Dooru won’t keep in Dooru, however felt in distant Delhi.
