Several Candidates Nominations Rejected In Delhi NCR

Out of 35 candidates, 14 candidate’s nominations were approved…

On Friday, In Ghaziabad, Nominations of 60 percent of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and almost 56 percent in Gautam Buddh Nagar were rejected after their scrutiny.

In Ghaziabad, 35 candidates had filed their nominations and only 14 candidates were approved, the district's election office said in an official statement.

In Gautam Buddh Nagar, the district election office said it had received nominations from 34 candidates, and only 15 candidates were valid.

The two constituencies had a total of 69 nominations of which 40 have been rejected.

The rejection of nominations in Ghaziabad was 60 percent while in Gautam Buddh Nagar it remained at 55.89 percent, according to the data.

Among those whose nominations are still in the fray in Ghaziabad are BJP's Atul Garg, Congress' Dolly Sharma, BSP's Nand Kishor Pundir, Rashtra Nirman Party's Anand Kumar, Rashtriya Jan Karmath Party's Anshul Gupta, Subhashwadi Bhartiya Samajwadi Party's Dhirendra Singh Bhadauria, Samaj Vikas Kranti Party's Jagdish Yadav, and Right to Recall Party's Pooja.

Besides them, six Independent nominees Abhishek Pundir, Avdesh Kumar, Aurangjev, Kavita, Natthu Singh Chaudhary, and Ravi Kumar Panchal are in the fight, according to the official list.

In Gautam Buddh Nagar, those still in the fray are BJP's Mahesh Sharma, Samajwadi Party's Mahendra Singh Nagar, BSP's Rajendra Singh Solanki, Rajeev Mishra (Jai Hind National Party), Naresh Nautiyal (Bhartiya Rashtriya Jansatta), Manish Kumar Dwivedi (Akhil Bhartiya Parivar Party), Ran Singh Dudee (Super Power India Party), Narvadeshwar (Subhashwadi Bhartiya Samajwadi Party), Kishor Singh (National Party), Bhim Prakash Jigyasu (Viron ke Vir Indian Party), and Km Shalu (Loktantrik Janshakti Party).

Parag Kaushik, Mahkar Singh, Mohd Mumtaj Aalam, and Shivam Ashutosh are fighting it out as Independent candidates in Gautam Buddh Nagar.