Mallikarjun Kharge
– Photo: ANI
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will today campaign for former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister and party candidate Tara Chand and address a rally at Khaur in the border area of Jammu district.
A party spokesperson said Kharge will arrive from Delhi on Saturday morning and will first address a press conference. Later, the Congress chief will address a public meeting in Khaur.
Tara Chand (61), who won the Chhamb seat in 2002 and 2008 but lost to the BJP in 2014, has served as leader of the Congress Legislature Party, deputy chief minister and speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
They are now facing a four-cornered contest in Chhamb where the BJP has fielded Rajeev Sharma from the seat while rebel candidates of the Congress and BJP, Satish Sharma and Narendra Singh respectively, are fighting as independents.