A total of seven Assembly constituencies had nominations filed by various candidates with a majority of them coming from Independents and regional parties on Tuesday.
Reading out the list of nominations, State Chief Electoral officer Sunil Kujur said that candidates who filed nominations in various constituencies were as follows- Khairagarh (Bhanupratap Verma of Shiv Sena), Rajnandgaon (Daur Khan and lokesh Mishra) (Both Independents), Dongargaon (Daleshwar Sahu of Indian National Congress (INC), Kondagaon (Mohan Markam ) (INC), Narayanpur, Pratap Singh Mandavi (Independent), Jagdalpur (Saif Naseem Kureshi) (CPI) and Chitrakot ( Shankar Thakur and Parmeshwar Bhandari) (Both Independents).
Informing about the process of nomination, Kujur said that the scrutiny of the nomination is done by the Returning Officer. During the scrutiny of nomination, the candidate’s agent, a proposer or a person authorized by the candidate can be present in the room where scrutiny is being conducted, he said.
Kujur said that it is not mandatory for the candidate to be present during the process of scrutiny of nomination.Responding to a query on poll arrangements in Bastar, he said that there are directives from the Election Commission on carrying out 100 per cent videography in the polling stations of Bastar region.
To another query on the reports of police constables in various cities harassing citizens on two wheelers in the name of checks being carried out under the Model Code of Conduct, Kujur said that the Commission would take action against the constables if specific complaints are made by the citizens to the Commission.