Filing of nominations for the April 10 lok Sabha polls in Delhi came to an end on Saturday. A total of 299 nominations have been filed in seven lok Sabha seats in the Capital. On the last day of nomination besides several others, BJP leaders Ramesh Bidhuri and Manoj Tiwari filed their nominations
from South and North East Delhi Parliamentary constituencies respectively.Sitting MP from South Delhi seat Ramesh Kumar also submitted his nomination papers on Saturday. With filing of nomination papers, the first phase of electoral process in the Capital got completed. Kumar is the younger brother of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was denied
ticket in 2009 due to a protest by the Sikh community.Meanwhile Bollywood star Raj Babbar also filed his papers in Ghaziabad. He will be challenging BJP’s VK Singh and Aam Aadmi Party leader Shazia Ilmi. The highest number of nominations was received from North-East Delhi seat where a total 56 candidates have jumped into the fray. A total of 46 nominees, including AAP’s Rajmohan Gandhi and BJP’s Maheish Girri are trying their luck. Congress has also re-nominated sitting MP and son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit — Sandeep Dikshit — from the constituency.
From New Delhi seat, 47 aspirants have submitted their documents, including heavyweights of big parties — BJP’s Meenakshi lekhi, Congress’ Ajay Maken and AAP’s Aashish Khetan.Filing of nominations started on March 15. Deadline for withdrawing of nominations is March 26. lok Sabha polls in Delhi are scheduled April 10.From Chandni Chowk and West Delhi, the respective Returning Officers received 42 and 37 nominations till the last date of filing their candidature. In South Delhi seat, a total of 32 hopefuls have submitted their documents for contesting elections. From North-West Delhi constituency, 30 nominations have been filed, while 46 contestants have filed their nominations from East Delhi parliamentary constituency
A total of 38 contestants for Ghaziabad parliamentary seat, Babbar, Singh, Ilmi, BSP’s Mukul Upadhyay and Samajwadi Party’s Sudhan Rawat filed their nomination papers in Ghaziabad. On Saturday, 26 contestants filed their nomination papers before the Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) Keshav Kumar at Ghaziabad collectorate.