MC polls: Nomination papers of three BJP candidates, three others rejected
Friday, 16/02/2018
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Ludhiana: Six nomination papers of the candidates were rejected on Thursday during the scrutiny of the total 754 nominations filed for Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Elections. Now, a total of 747 candidates are in the fray for the elections as one of the candidates from Ward Number 41 has filed his nomination two times.
Nomination papers of Harshpreet Kaur from Ward 52, Sharanpreet Kaur from Ward 55 and Santosh Kalra from Ward 58 (trio from BJP), Sarinder Pal from Ward 21, Paramjeet Kaur from Ward 37 (both Independents), Jatinder Singh from Ward 38 (Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Party) have been rejected during the scrutiny. The nomination papers were rejected due to lack of required papers in nomination form.
Likewise, all four nominations filed for the by-elections to the ward number-17 in Jagraon Municipal Council and three nominations received for the ward number-5 in Payal Municipal Council have been found valid. District electoral officer-cum- Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal and Additional District Electoral Officer-Cum Additional Deputy Commissioner Neeru Katyal said that on Friday, anyone can withdraw his or her nominations and election symbols would also be allotted to the independent candidates.
In Municipal Corporation Ludhiana, around 10.50 lakh voters would cast their votes to elect their representatives from 95 wards out of which 5.67 are male, 4.82 lakh are female while 23 belong to the third gender. Ludhiana MC has 95 wards. The polling would be held on February 24 and the results would be announced on February 27. The voting would for the Ward Number 17 in Jagraon Municipal Council and Ward Number 5 in Payal Municipal Council would be held on February 24 and counting would also be held on the same day.
