Srinagar, April 4 -- The nomination filing deadline for the Jammu parliamentary seat is set for April 4, until 3 pm, with scrutiny scheduled for April 6 and withdrawal of nominations by April 8. Amidst this backdrop, Thursday saw a surge in nominations, with niine additional candidates stepping forward to join the electoral race. On Wednesday, 4 candidates had filedtheir nomination papers.

With the filing of nomination papers by these candidates, the total number of candidates who have filed their candidature for 5-Jammu PC goes to 26.

The candidates who filed nomination papers in the office of Returning Officer included Naresh Kumar Talla from Jai Prakash Janta Dal, Qari Zaheer Abbas Bhatti from All India Forward Block, Naresh Kumar Ch...