SRINAGAR: Senior National Conference leader Sakina Itoo filed her nomination papers on Friday for the Damhal Hanjipora assembly seat in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
She was accompanied by former Chief Minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah.
Sakina Itoo is seen as one of the strongest candidates for the Damhal Hanjipora assembly seat.
A total of 99,037 eligible voters are registered in the constituency, which was changed from Noorabad to Damhal Hanjipora after the delimitation exercise. The seat will go to the polls in the first phase of the J&K assembly elections on 18 September.
In the 2014 assembly election, Sakina Itoo lost to PDP candidate Abdul Majeed Padder, who is now with the Jammu Kashmir Apni Party. Besides Abdul Majeed Padder, Gulzar Ahmad Dar of the PDP and Mohammad Arif Dar of the Awami Itihad Party are also in the fray. (KNO)
