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Jammu-Kashmir Assembly polls: Banned Jamaat-e-Islami's members file papers
Updated On: 27 August, 2024 05:52 PM IST | Srinagar | mid-day online correspondent
Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest the Assembly polls in the Union Territory as independent candidates. While Jamaat cannot take part in the polls due to the ban imposed on it by home ministry, it had shown interest in participating in Lok Sabha polls
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Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir filed nomination papers on Tuesday to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in the Union Territory as independent candidates. Among them, Sugra Barkati, daughter of jailed separatist activist Sarjan Barkati, submitted nomination papers on behalf of her father.
Despite the ban imposed by the Union Home Ministry, which prevents Jamaat-e-Islami from participating in elections, some former members have expressed interest in re-entering the political arena, reported PTI. Jamaat-e-Islami has not participated in any elections since 1987 and was previously part of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, which promoted election boycotts between 1993 and 2003.
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