15 nominations accepted after scrutiny: Sibin

After the scrutiny of nomination papers for the 64-Ludhiana (West) Assembly seat held on Tuesday, a total of 15 candidates’ nominations have been accepted.

Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C stated that from May 26 to June 2, a total of 22 candidates had filed nominations for the Assembly byelection. Following the scrutiny of nomination papers today, 15 candidates’ nominations were found valid.

The names of these 15 candidates are Baldev Raj Katna (Independent), Bharat Bhushan (Congress), Advocate Parupkar Singh Ghuman (Shiromani Akali Dal), Sanjeev Arora (Aam Aadmi Party), Paramjeet Singh Bharaj (Independent), Albert Dua (Independent), Jatinder Kumar Sharma (National Lok Seva Party), Kamal Pawar (Independent), Rajesh Sharma (Independent), Neetu (Independent), Jeevan Gupta (Bharatiya Janata Party), Navneet Kumar (Shiromani Akali Dal, Amritsar), Renu (Independent), Pawandeep Singh (Independent) and Gurdeep Singh Kahlon (Independent).

The CEO stated that the nomination papers could be withdrawn till June 5.