UP: 94 candidates in fray in 2nd phase of LS polls
A total of 226 candidates had filed their nominations for eight seats but during scrutiny, papers of 175 candidates were rejected, mostly on technical grounds, said EC sources here on Friday.
A total of 226 candidates had filed their nominations for eight seats but during scrutiny, papers of 175 candidates were rejected, mostly on technical grounds, said EC sources here on Friday.
As per the list, former Health Minister KK Shylaja will contest from Vatakara constituency, while in Patahanamthitta, former minister Thomas Issac will try his luck.
In a video message, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal announced the names of the candidates, adding that in a "revolutionary step", a candidate belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community will be fielded from the East Delhi constituency, which is a general seat.
The polling for 200 seats is scheduled to take place on November 25.
Party sources said that the next list of candidates for these two states would be released on Saturday or Sunday.
The Orissa High Court observed this while disposing of a writ petition filed by police personnel deployed in Wireless Training (W.T.) Stations and Workshops attached to the CCTNS project.
Voting will take place on 30 January, from 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the MCD polls with 134 of the total 250 wards in the national capital's civic body polls.
92 candidates opt-out on the last date of withdrawal of nominations
He specifically mentioned that both the Congress contestants from wards. No. 11 and 4 of Behrampore municipality have dozens of criminal records. Moreover, the Congress nominees from wards no. 5, 21 and 27 also have criminal antecedents, Mukherjee alleged.
