PM Modi, BJP National President J P Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, G Kishan Reddy, Dr Jitendra Singh, and Chief Minister Yogi Aditiyanath are among the 40-star campaigners of the BJP for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory.
Others on the list include BJP national-level campaigners, Union Ministers, local leaders comprising MPs Jugal Kishore Sharma and Ghulam Ali Khatana, J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina, Organising Secretary Ashok Koul, Dr Narinder Singh, Sunil Sharma, Devender Singh Rana and Sham Lal Sharma.
Interestingly, the cabinet ministers dropped after the 2018 elections - Dr Nirmal Singh, Kavinder Gupta, and Sukhnandan Choudhary, have been made official campaigners for party candidates.
A list of 40 BJP leaders who would participate in the election campaign for Phase-I of the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly in J&K had been submitted by the party to the Election Commission of India as required by Explanation (2) to Section 77 of the Representation of People Act 1951.
A communication forwarded by BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar stated, "This list shall be treated as valid in respect of the remaining Legislative Assembly constituencies in Schedule 2 and 3 for the State of J&K unless the revised list is forwarded within the prescribed time limit".
The other official campaigners of BJP candidates include Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Manohar Lal Khattar, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Ram Madhav, Tarun Chugh, Ashish Sood, Jai Ram Thakur, Anurag Thakur, Smriti Irani, General (Retd) V K Singh, TrilokJamwal (Himachal Pradesh), Arun Prabhat Singh, NeelamLangeh, S Ranjodh Singh Nalwa, S Sarbjit Singh Johal, Dananther Singh Kotwal, SangitaBhagat, Haji Javeed Zargar, Sofi Yousuf.
The RPA states explicitly that the expenditure by star campaigners due to travel for campaigning on behalf of their political party would not form a part of the election expenditure of any candidate from such a party.
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