Five nomination papers rejected
Garhwa: Five nomination papers for the post of ward commissioner post have been rejected after found incorrect during inspection on March 20. According to reports, their name are not in concerning voter lists. Nomination papers rejected are of Usha Devi of ward no.3,Gandhi Prasad and Kundan Kumar of ward no.4, Rabindra Prasad of ward no. 18 and Sushila Kumari of ward no.20.
92 candidates remain in fray
Hazaribagh: In the civic body election 2013 after the end of withdrawal time 192 candidates finally remained in the fray. In Hazaribagh six candidates have filed papers for the post of chairman. On Thursday, Rekha Devi withdrew, thus leaving five in the field. For the post of 32 ward councilors after withdrawal, 187 candidates have been left in the fray. Today five candidates withdrew their papers. Out of these 187, two will become ward councilors unopposed. Now the fight is for rest of 30 seats.As reported earlier by The Pioneer due to reservation policy and ban on fighting from other ward has favored Aruna Devi of ward 10. There is only one ST family in that ward which is reserved for ST. So Aruna Devi will become ward councilor. In last election
Vikash Yadav, brother of Ex-minister Manoj Kumar Yadav has won the ward 23 seat by biggest margin and this time when the seat is reserved for woman no one filed nomination against his wife Nikita Anand.