J&K BJP President resigns after election defeat

Jammu, Oct 8 : Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina resignehd after losing Nowshera Assembly seat to National Conference candidate Surinder Choudhary by a margin of over seven thousand votes.

Ravinder Raina, who has led the Jammu and Kashmir BJP since 2018, has stepped down from his position as the party’s state president.

Raina, who served as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2018, saw a personal setback in the recent assembly elections, losing his Nowshera seat to National Conference (NC) candidate Surinder Choudhary by 7,819 votes. Choudhary secured 35,069 votes, while Raina received 27,250, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) data.

After the loss, Raina accepted the verdict, stating in a post on X (formerly Twitter): “With all respect, I accept the people’s verdict in Nowshera.” He expressed gratitude to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the Jammu region, for supporting the BJP, which won a record 29 assembly seats, an all-time high for the party in the state.

I thank the people of Jammu and Kashmir, especially the Jammu region for voting and supporting BJP in Assembly Elections. BJP has achieved an all-time high with a record number of 29 assembly seats in J&K. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Voters, he said.