J&K: BJP candidate Darshan Kumar wins from Basohli seat in Kathua

Kumar has defeated controversial Congress leader Chaudhary Lal Singh, who gained infamy for supporting rapists of the Kathua rape and murder victim.

Singh had returned to the Congress following a stint with the BJP earlier this year and was also fielded by the party in the Lok Sabha elections as its candidate against Union minister Jitendra Singh from the Udhampur seat.

Singh's candidature had attracted a lot of criticism for the Congress with many pointing out his role in organising marches is support of the Kathua rape accused and questioning Rahul Gandhi on how Singh's induction into the Congress and his repeated candidacy in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls plays poorly against Gandhi "Mohabbat ki Dukaan" narrative.