As many as 103 nominations filed by political parties, BJD, BJP, Congress, CPI, Utkal Bharat and independent candidates remained valid after scrutiny of nomination papers for Zilla Parishad (ZP) seats held in the Sub-Collector’s office here on Wednesday.
Out of 105 nomination papers received from the candidates in 26 ZP zones spread over eight blocks in the district, two nominations were rejected during scrutiny. Returning Officer Narahari Sethy informed that a former ZP president Sabita Mohapatra had filed her nomination from ZP zone- 4 as an independent candidate. But her voter list was not found in her contesting zone and her nomination was rejected.
Besides, an independent candidate Bijaya Barik had filed his nomination for ZP zone-8 under Kujang block but during scrutiny it as found that his nomination paper was without proposer and seconder names. As a result the nomination paper was rejected, said Returning Officer Sethy.
Official reports revealed that after scrutiny, the BJD, BJP and Congress had 26 candidates each respectively. Two candidates filed nominations from the CPI, one aspirant from the Utkal Bharat and others were independent candidates.