SRINAGAR : In a move poised to leverage family legacy and voter sympathy, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday officially announced Devyani Rana as its candidate for the high-stakes Nagrota Assembly bypoll, setting the stage for a fiercely contested battle in the Jammu region. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp
The announcement comes just weeks before the November 11 polling date, with the constituency – a traditional BJP stronghold – having fallen vacant following the untimely death of Devyani’s father and senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana, on October 31, 2024.
Devyani Rana, 32, the daughter of the late MLA and niece of Union Minister Jitendra Singh, expressed unbridled confidence in carrying forward her father’s “winning streak” during a media inter