Kejriwal’s AAP wrests Doda from BJP
Jammu: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of Arvid Kejriwal has defeated BJP in Doda has got some solace as it opened its account in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for the first time.
According to Kashmir Media Service the party’s Mehraj Malik won the Doda seat in the Jammu region, defeating his rival, Gajay Singh Rana of BJP, the Indian ruling party, by a margin of 4,470 votes.
While Malik had secured 22,944 votes, Rana was in second place with 18,174 votes, and Khalid Najib Suhrawardy of the National Conference was third with 12,975 votes. The rest of the candidates, including Abdul Majid Wani of Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Progressive Azad Party, did not even reach the five-figure mark.
Congress candidate Sheikh Riaz Ahmed was lagging way back with just 4,087 votes.
