Chief spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Salman Nizami addressed the media and announced that the DPAP is contesting the upcoming assembly elections with full force.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had founded the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) after a fallout with the Congress in September 2022, had announced his decision to not campaign citing ill health
The party has released names of 13 candidates for its first assembly elections, but Azad’s absence from the political arena will impact its prospects in the J&K assembly polls
The party gave mandate to 13 candidates for various seats in Kashmir and Jammu regions, including to two former legislators Abdul Majeed Wani and Mohammad Amin Bhat