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After Congress declined the offer to contest the Nagrota seat, the National Conference on Monday decided to field District Development Council member Shamim Begum as its candidate for the constituency.

Speaking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), NC’s Provincial President for Jammu, Rattan Lal Gupta, said that the party has decided to nominate DDC member Shamim Begum as its candidate for the seat after Congress deciding against contesting the seat.

“The party high command has cleared her name and she will be filing nomination papers,” he said.

A Muslim Gujjar woman, Shamim Begum won 2020 district development council elections from Nagrota.

Amid widening fissures between the ruling alliance partners in Jammu & Kashmir, the Congress has turned down the National Conf

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