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Aam Aadmi Party to approach HC challenging nomination of South Delhi candidate Ramesh Bidhuri for alleged 'discrepancies'
• 6 years agoAam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said that the party's South Delhi Lok Sabha candidate, Raghav Chadha, will challenge the Returning Officer's (RO) decision to accept nomination papers of BJP candidate Ramesh Bidhuri. The party said that it will move the High Court since the Returning Officer has erred by "overlooking glaring discrepancies in Bidhuri's nomination”.
Rahul Gandhi's nomination papers valid, declares Amethi returning officer after Independent candidate questions Congress chief's citizenship
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIn a major relief for Rahul Gandhi, Returning Officer for Amethi Ram Manohar Misra on Monday declared the Congress president's nomination papers from the Lok Sabha constituency valid.
Amethi preview: Rahul Gandhi to campaign while EC scrutinises nomination papers amid Congress chief's 'British citizenship' controversy
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAmethi, Rahul Gandhi's home ground in Uttar Pradesh, is set for an action-packed Monday as the Congress chief is expected to hold roadshows and meetings in his constituency while his nomination papers are under scrutiny.
Karnataka polls: Nomination deadline scurry sees several prominent names on parties' final candidate lists replaced
Shivaranjinis_ranganathkrishnaswamy • 7 years agoWith the deadline for filing nominations to the Karnataka Assembly elections passed, the EC received over 3000 applications for the 225 seats in contention.
After Congress complaint, scrutiny of AAP Rajya Sabha candidate ND Gupta's nomination put on hold till Monday
Ians • 7 years agoThe scrutiny of nomination of AAP Rajya Sabha candidate ND Gupta was put on hold till Monday by the Returning Officer over Congress allegations concerning his holding office of profit.
RK Nagar's Returning Officer replaced after actor Vishal's disqualification from contesting polls sparks row
Ians • 7 years agoElection Commission on Saturday ordered a change of Returning Officer for Tamil Nadu's Radhakrishnan Nagar (RK) Assembly constituency, where the bypoll will be held on 21 December
RK Nagar bypoll: Returning officer rules out actor Vishal's plea against rejection of his nomination
• 7 years agoThe returning officer for the RK Nagar constituency ruled out entertaining actor's Vishal Krishna's plea against rejection of his nomination for the 21 December bypoll
How does India count its millions of votes? All you need to know
Fppolitics • 11 years agoLike the voting process, the counting of votes on 16 May will also be an elaborate affair.
Delhi polls: Training for returning officers held
Fp Archives • 11 years agoOfficers from Rajasthan, which also goes to assembly polls, were also invited as a resource person apart from the officers of ECI and CEO office.