The nomination of 17 out of 97 candidates of various political parties and independent candidates who had filed their nomination from five lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand was cancelled by returning officers of respective constituencies in presence of two nominated observers of the Election Commission of India on Monday, as these candidates had not filled all the details sought in the nomination papers.
As per the information office, two nominations each from Tehri, Almora, Garhwal lok Sabha seats, four from Nainital- Udham Singh Nagar and seven from Haridwar lok Sabha seats were rejected by the Returning Officers.
In Tehri Parliamentary constituency, the ECI had appointed H Mohan and Kailash Chandra Gupta observers for the scrutiny of the nomination papers and in their presence, returning officer Dr BVRC Purushottam cancelled nomination of Sharafat Ali of Muslim Majlis Manch and Suresh Chandra of Republican Party of India as they had not filled details sought in the nomination. A total of 18 candidates are now contesting from Tehri lok Sabha seat out of which eight are independent candidates.
In Garhwal, the nomination of Deepak Kumar Surya and Habiburaham was cancelled by the returning officer due to incomplete information on the nomination form. In Almora, the nomination of two candidates- Narayan Ram and Chandra Mohan Beri; Ajay Vashishth, Fahim Mia, Chaudhary Vijay Pal Singh and Akil Ahmad from Nainital and Tasin, Sardar Khan, Zulfana, Khurshid, Mohammad Irfan, Rekha and Mohammed Yunus from Haridwar constituency were rejected.
A total of 80 candidates of various political parties and independent candidates are contesting the lok Sabha election in Uttarakhand and candidates can withdraw their nomination on April 23.