Himachal bypolls: Nominations of six candidates rejected

Shimla, October 11

The nominations of six candidates, including four covering candidates, filed for the four byelections in the state have been rejected, a spokesman for the State Election Department said here today.

He said that six candidates for the Mandi byelection, whose nominations were found to be valid, are BJP candidate Brig Khushal Chand Thakur (retd), Congress candidate Pratibha Singh, Rashtriya Lokneeti Party candidate Ambika Shyam, Himachal Jan Kranti Party’s Munshi Ram Thakur and Independent candidates Anil Kumar and Subhash Mohan Snehi. However, the nominations of covering candidates of the Congress Sunder Singh Thakur and of the BJP Priyanta Sharma were rejected.

The nominations of BJP candidate Rattan Singh Pal, Sanjay of the Congress and Independent candidate Jeet Ram for the Arki byelection were found to be valid. However, the nomination of Congress covering candidate Satish Kumar Kashyap was rejected.

He said in Fatehpur, the nominations of Baldev Thakur (BJP), Bhawani Singh Pathania (Congress), Pankaj Kumar Darshi (Himachal Jan Kranti Party) and Independent candidates Ashok Kumar and Rajan Sushant were found to be valid. The nomination of Congress covering candidate Jeet Kumar and Independent candidate Prem Chand were rejected.

In Jubbal-Kotkhai, the nominations of Neelam Saraik (BJP), Rohit Thakur (Congress) and Independent candidates Chetan Singh Bragta and Suman Kadam were found to be valid. However, the nomination of Independent candidate Kewal Ram Negi was rejected. — TNS