Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest the Assembly polls in the Union Territory as independent candidates. While Jamaat cannot take part in the polls due to the ban imposed on it by home ministry, it had shown interest in participating in Lok Sabha polls

This will be the first assembly election for the party, which was created by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.