The local leaders of the Congress and the National Conference (NC) on Wednesday proposed the name of Haji Hanifa Jan as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc candidate for the Ladakh Parliament seat.
A joint press conference was held by the local leaders of the NC and Congress in Kargil to nominate the candidate. “We have had multiple rounds of consultations within the alliance partners and the stakeholders. Haji Hanifa Jan has emerged as a consensus candidate,” a Congress spokesman said.
Mr. Jan is a district president of the NC. The NC-Congress combine performed well in the elections of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil in 2023. The NC-Cong. combine managed to win 19 seats out of 26-seat Kargil hill council against the BJP’s two seats.
