Babu Mohan, Manda Jagannath’s Nominations Rejected In Telangana
Hyderabad, April 27 (Maxim News): Former minister and actor P. Babu Mohan and former MP Manda Jagannath are among 267 aspirants whose nominations have been rejected for Lok Sabha elections in Telangana. The election authorities have accepted nominations of 626 candidates in all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies.
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A total of 1,488 nominations were filed by 893 aspirants with many filing multiple nomination sets. According to the Election Commission, 1060 nominations were found valid.
Babu Mohan had filed nomination papers as an independent candidate from Warangal constituency. Though he had submitted names of 10 voters along with his nominations, they had not marked their signatures.
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The Election Commission rejected the nomination of Manda Jagannath in Nagarkurnool constituency. He had filed his nomination as candidate of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) but failed to submit ‘B’ form. He did not get the chance to contest even as independent as the requirement of 10 candidates signing the nomination papers was not met. Jagannath was elected MP from Nagarkurnool four times. He was elected thrice on TDP ticket and once on Congress ticket.
Nominations of candidates belonging to major parties were accepted in all constituencies Certain objections were raised by Congress and BRs on the nomination of BJP candidate G. Nagesh in Adilabad constituency but the returning officer rejected the objections.
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Maximum number of nominations (115 filed by 77 candidates) was rejected in Malkajgiri, which is the biggest parliamentary constituency in the country. Nominations of 25 candidates were rejected in Nalgonda and 20 in Karimnagar. April 29 is the last date for withdrawal of candidatures while voting will take place on May 13. (Maxim News)
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