PDP wins Budgam assembly bypoll

JAMMU: The BJP retained the Nagrota assembly constituency after its 30-year-old candidate Devyani Rana won with a lead of 24,647 votes, carrying forward the legacy of her late father and senior party leader Devender Singh Rana.

Devyani Rana, who has been leading from the beginning, secured 42,350 votes, defeating Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) candidate Harsh Dev Singh, who polled 17,703 votes. National Conference’s Shamim Begum finished third with 10,872 votes. As the news of her victory spread, Rana received a rousing reception from BJP workers at the counting centre complex.

Rana, who was garlanded on her arrival at the centre, said she thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and other p

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