Jammu, April 19 -- Swift entry and exit of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad from the poll arena has made the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat a new battleground of the INDI Alliance constituents --the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party in Kashmir valley.

Instead of putting up a united front both the Kashmir-based political parties are bent upon staking their credibility in the eyes of the electorate.

Former Congress stalwart Ghulam Nabi Azad after announcing his candidature from the seat decided to withdraw his name at the last minute raising speculations about his party's hold over the electorate in the region.

The JKNC has fielded the tallest Gujjar leader Mian Altaf Ahmad, five-ti...