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Buoyed by joy and emotions associated with her later father- a seasoned politician, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Devyani Rana on Saturday filed her nomination papers for the upcoming Nagrota Assembly by-election in Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled to be held on November 11, 2025.

 

Amid party support and thousands of her supporters, Rana was among others  accompanied by senior BJP leaders as she submitted her nomination before the returning officer in Jammu. Devyani became the first and final choice for BJP after her father late Devinder Singh Rana who represented this constituency for many years. Devinder Rana expired last year after which the Nagrota seat fell vacant. 

 

Speaking to reporters, Rana said she felt honoured to be contesting from Nagrota and expressed confidence that the people of the constituency would extend the same support and blessings to her as they had given to her late father, Devender Singh Rana.
She said her father’s greatest legacy was his hard work, honesty, and deep respect for everyone. “Rana Sahab treated everyone with love and dignity. These are the values I wish to carry forward,” she added.

Devyani Rana, daughter of the late Devender Singh Rana, the former Nagrota MLA whose demise necessitated the by-election had joined active politics earlier this year.In January 2025, she was appointed as the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and LOP, Sunil Sharma said he is confident of Devyani Rana’s victory in the upcoming Nagrota Assembly by-election, describing her as the right candidate to represent the people and continue the legacy of late Devender Singh Rana.

 

Speaking to reporter ahead of Devyani’s nomination filling, Sharma said under the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rana will realise her late father, Devinder Singh Rana’s dream.“She is the right choice for the constituency and she will emerge victorious from the seat,” LoP Sharma said, adding that her father left us too early, now she will realize the dream of her father.