National Conference
vice-president
Omar Abdullah
will contest
Lok Sabha election
from
Baramulla
, while Shia clergyman
Aga Ruhullah Mehdi
will be the NC candidate from
Srinagar constituency
. NC has already fielded Gujjar leader Main Altaf from
Anantnag-Rajouri
against former CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti. Ghulam Nabi Azad's party, Democratic Progressive Azad Party, had also announced his candidature from Anantnag, but sources claimed the former Congress leader had decided to withdraw from the race.
Omar will be locked in a contest with Peoples Conference president Sajjad Gani Lone and PDP's Fayaz Mir.
while Mehdi, a three-time legislator and minister in the past, will face PDP's youth wing president Wahid Para and J&K Apni Party candidate Ashraf Mir.