nA total of seven candidates are left in the fray for the Bastar parliamentary seat after the last day for withdrawal of nomination on Thursday. The polling for Bastar is scheduled on April 11.
According to office of Bastar returning officer, no candidate withdrew nomination within the specified period of withdrawal.
Returning officer and district collector Dr Ayyaz Tamboli allocated the election symbols to all the seven candidates.
As per the symbols allocated by the DEO, Ayatu Ram Mandavi of Bahujan Samaj Party got ‘Elephant’, Deepak Baij of Indian National Congress ‘Hand’, Baiduram Kashyap of Bharatiya Janata Party ‘Lotus’, Ramu Ram Maurya, of Communist Party of India ‘Ears of Corn and a Sickle’, Panish Prasad Nag of Ambedkarite Party of India got ‘Coat’ while Manglaram Karma of Akhil Bharat Samagra Kranti party got ‘Trowel’ and Suresh alias Sargim Kawasi of Shiv Sean ‘Arrow and Bow’.