As many as seven candidates — three of them from Maharashtra including one woman — have filed nominations for the ensuing Presidential elections. The four others hail from Tamil Nadu, New Delhi, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh. While six people filed their papers on June 14, when the nomination process started, only one person did so on Thursday the second day for the filing of nomination papers.
Of the candidates from Maharashtra, Pune-based Kondekar Vijayprakash filed two sets of nominations. Mumbai’s Saira Bano Mohammed Patel, who hails from Andheri (West), is another aspirant for the coveted post of country’s first citizen, while another ‘Mumbaikar’ Mohammed Patel Abdul Hamid has also filed his nomination papers.
Jeevan Kumar Mittal, who hails from Moti Nagar, New Delhi, is another aspirant for the Presidential post. Mittal filed his nomination on Thursday.
From Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, the aspirant is Anand Singh Kushwaha while A Bala Raj hails from Mehboob Nagar, Telangana. Another candidate K Padmarajan is from Salem in Tamil Nadu. Interestingly, A Bala Raj of Telangana and Kondekar Vijayprakash of Pune have not deposited the mandatory security amount of Rs15,000.
Any Indian citizen of 35 years of age or above and who is supported by 50 ‘electors’ and seconded by another 50 can file nomination. The process of filing nominations for the July 17 Presidential poll began from June 14, with the Election Commission issuing a notification in this regard. The nomination process will continue till June 28 and the scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 29. Elected members of the lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and elected members of State legislative Assemblies form the Electoral College.