An election of firsts in Jammu and Kashmir is set to see another - a woman Kashmiri Pandit will be contesting the Assembly polls for the first time in three decades. Daisy Raina, who used to work at a private company in Delhi and has been a sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir, is the lone candidate fielded by the Republican Party of India (Athawale), which is an ally of the BJP as part of the NDA alliance.