Baroda bypoll: 7 nominations rejected

Gohana, October 17

Seven nomination papers were rejected today during scrutiny of a total of 24 nominations filed for the Baroda bypoll. Now, there are 17 candidates in the fray.

District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Shyam Lal Poonia said that the final list of candidates has been prepared today after scrutiny of the nominations.

He said Induraj Narwal is Congress candidate, Jogender Malik from INLD, Yogeshwar Dutt from BJP, Inder Singh of Rashtriya Majdoor Ekta Party; Rajkumar Saini from Loktantra Suraksha Party (LSP); Sumit from Peoples Party of India (Democratic); Sonu from Bharatiya Jan Raj Party (BJRP) and Kapoor Singh Narwal, Kamaljeet, Gulshan, Joginder Singh, Praveen Kumar, Rajender Singh, Ramphal, Shakti Singh, Dharamvir Chotiwala and Saroj Bala are in the final list of contestants for Baroda bypoll.

DC Poonia said that seven nominations were rejected including one each nomination of Congress candidate Induraj Narwal and BJP candidate Yogeshwar Dutt. Induraj and Yogeshwar had filed double nominations. — TNS