The party included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP President J.P. Nadda in its second list of 40 star campaigners for the second phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir scheduled on September 25.
Besides, several BJP heavyweights including Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Manohar Lal Khattar, G. Kishan Reddy, Jitendra Singh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan among others also find their place in the list issued by party General Secretary Arun Singh.
Two sitting Chief Ministers -- Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh) and Bhajanlal Sharma (Rajasthan) -- have also found their place in the list of star campaigners.
Therefore, the elections to the 90-member Assembly will be held in three phases-on September 18, September 25, and October 1. Counting of ballots will be taken up on October 8.
This would be the first Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir since 2014, and also the first after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
The BJP was in an alliance with the Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party from 2015 till 2018 before the end of the tie-up following which Governor's Rule was imposed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Here is the full list of BJP's star campaigners for the second phase polling in J&K:
1. Narendra Modi
2. J.P. Nadda
3. Rajnath Singh
4. Amit Shah
5. Nitin Gadkari
6. Manohar Lal Khattar
7. G. Kishan Reddy
8. Shivraj Singh Chouhan
9. Jai Ram Thakur
10. Jitendra Singh
11. Yogi Adityanath
12. Bhajan Lal Sharma
13. Ram Madhav
14. Tarun Chugh
15. Ashish Sood
16. Jugal Kishore Sharma
17. Jenab Ghulam Ali Khatana
18. Anurag Thakur
19. Smriti Irani
20. Gen V.K. Singh (retd)
21. Ravinder Raina
22. Ashok Kaul
23. Nirmal Singh
24. Kav
36. Smt. Sarbjit Singh Johal
37. Shri Haji Javeed Zargar
38. Ms. Sanjita Dogra
39. Shri Sunil Prajapati
40. Smt. Seema Devi
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