J&K assembly polls: Several former members of banned Jamaat-e-Islami file nomination papers

Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir are contesting the upcoming Assembly polls as independent candidates. Notably, Sugra Barkati, daughter of jailed separatist worker Sarjan Barkati, filed nomination papers for her father. The elections, the first since the abrogation of Article 370, will be held in three phases starting September 18.