The banned outfit is also backing another Independent in J&K first phase polls; it proposed to field seven candidates for this phase, but three of them backed out Three former members of the banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir filed their nomination papers from various constituencies of South Kashmir on Tuesday, the last day for filing nomination for the first phase of the upcoming J&K Assembly elections. These Jamaat-e-Islami nominees include Dr Talat Majeed, Sayar Ahmad Reshi and Nazir Ahmad. The Jamaat is also backing another Independent candidate Umar Hamid in…
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