One room be reserved for poll officers
Bhopal: Directives have been given to reserve minimum one room for stay of election-related officers during Vidhan Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh in Government and other rest houses. It has been directed that rooms should be allotted on priority to observers of Election Commission of India and office of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer and other election-related officers and employees. District election officers have also been directed to apprise in-charge officers of rest houses in their respective districts about this.
CPI, SP submit lists of star campaigners
Bhopal: Communist Party of India (CPI) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have submitted lists of their star campaigners for Vidhan Sabha elections to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer. Star campaigners of Communist Party include AB Bardhan, Sudhakar Reddy, Atul Kumar Anjan, Amarjeet Kaur, Aziz Pasha, Gurudas Dasgupta, Mahendra Vajpayee, Roop Singh Chauhan, Haridwar Singh, Arvind Shrivastava, Shailendra Kumar Shaily, Satyam Pandey, Krishna Modi and Janak Rathore.
Star campaigners of Samajwadi party include Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Ramgopal Yadav, Mohammad Azam Khan, Kiranmay Nanda, Chandrapal Singh Yadav, Mohammad Usman, Choudhary Munawwar Saleem, Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, Gauri Singh Yadav, Nafees Ahmad, Devendra Singh, Vijay Singh Yadav, Sushil Dixit and Nirbhay Singh Patel.
BJP nominee gets death threat
Bhind: A former BJP legislator and nominee from Bhind Assembly constituency has been issued a death threat by a youth over phone. “Narendra Singh Kushwah received the call last evening while he was at his residence. Following the victim’s complaint, a case was registered against Mahaveer Nagar-resident Satendra Singh and efforts initiated to arrest him,” City Superintendent of Police Virendra Singh Tomar said on Saturday.
Neeraj Nigam’s papers were in order
Bhopal/Guna: The nomination papers of Madhya Pradesh’s principal opposition Congress candidate Neeraj Nigam, who is contesting from Guna Assembly constituency, were found to be in order on Saturday. Independents Komal Prasad Shakya and Moolchand Ahirwar lodged objections regarding Nigam’s caste certificate. District Returning Officer PK Bhatnagar accepted the papers following scrutiny and a hearing.
Meanwhile, in-depth scrutiny of nomination papers filed by Congress candidate Neeraj Nigam who has been fielded from Madhya Pradesh’s Guna Assembly seat is being undertaken, official sources said. Independent candidate Komal Prasad Shakya on Saturday raised certain objections over the caste certificate before returning officer PK Bhatnagar following which the latter directed Nigam to present the original certificate.