Srinagar, Sept 19: Qaiser Ahmad Lone, nephew of slain Jammu and Kashmir law minister Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, is the National Conference candidate from Lolab constituency in Kupwara district where the election was countermanded after the minister's assassination.
Qaiser today filed his nomination from Lolab following revised notification issued for the segment after the killing of Lone on September 11, official sources said.
Scrutiny of his papers is slated for Saturday.
Mushtaq Ahmad Lone was killed by militants while he was addressing an election rally at Tikkipora in Kupwara district prompting the election commission to postpone the election for Lolab, which was scheduled to go to poll on September 16 in the first phase, to October 8.
Bureau Report