Srinagar, Oct 18 || Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) Vice-President, Omar Abdullah, said on Saturday that his party will nominate its candidate for the by-election in Budgam Assembly seat on Monday.
Two assembly seats of Nagrota in the Jammu division and Budgam in the Valley fell vacant after the incumbent BJP MLA from Nagrota, Devender Singh Rana passed away on October 31 last year and the NC MLA, Omar Abdullah, resigned from the Budgam seat after winning it during the 2024 Assembly elections.
Omar Abdullah had won the 2024 Assembly elections from two constituencies, Ganderbal and Budgam.
The Chief Minister has decided to represent the Ganderbal seat in the 90-member Assembly and relinquish the Budgam seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already nominated its candidates for these two bypolls, Devyani Rana from Nagrota and Aga Syed Mohsin from Budgam.