Six more candidates filed their nomination papers for Hazaribagh Parliamentary constituency on March 25, thus the number of candidates so far has reached up to 14. On Tuesday Sheela Devi of BSP, Mithilesh Kumar Mahto alias Dangi of AAP, Vinod Kumar Mahtha of Pragatisheel Maghi Samaj, Md Shamsul Haque of All India Muslim league and as independents Jaishree Ram and Ram Avataar Mahto handed over their papers to the Returning Officer Sunil Kumar.
On the other hand DPRO Rashmi Sinha has informed that two more FIRs have been lodged, one against Congress’ candidate Saurav Narayan Singh for violating model code of conduct and another against JDU leader Bateshwar Prasad Mehta for forcefully entering into the collectorate campus, misbehaving with government employees and disturbing the officials works.