The Delhi State Election Commission on Saturday has announced to extend time for filing nominations by three hours on last date April 3.
The nomination papers will be filed by candidates from 11 am to 6 pm on Monday. The process was scheduled to close at 3 pm earlier. The Election Commission took this decision as per Delhi Municipal Corporation (Election of Councilors) Rules 2012, after receiving requests from BJP and Aam Aadmi Party.
State Election Commissioner S K Srivastava exercising his powers under DMC Act 1957 directed for extending the hours for filing nomination papers.
The State Election Commission order has directed all the returning officers to issue coupons with seal and signature to arriving at their offices up to 6 PM on April 3 and allow them to present their papers and issue them receipts after accepting it.
The process of filing nominations has been affected for two days due to consecutive holidays including today (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday).