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Jharkhand Elections: Papers of 3 candidates cancelled in Dhanbad

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK   Advertisement Dhanbad, May 7: District Electoral Officer (DEO) cum deputy commissioner (DC) Madhvi Mishra cancelled nomination papers…

Jharkhand Elections: Papers of 3 candidates cancelled in Dhanbad

Observer, RO and other officers at scrutiny meeting

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK

 

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Dhanbad, May 7: District Electoral Officer (DEO) cum deputy commissioner (DC) Madhvi Mishra cancelled nomination papers of three candidates of the Dhanbad Lok Sabha seat during the scrutiny on Tuesday.

A total of 28 candidates had filed their nomination for the Dhanbad seat. In the scrutiny process, representatives of all candidates were present.

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The candidates whose nomination papers have been cancelled are independent candidate Hiralal Shankhwar (resident of Baliapur, Dhanbad), Narayan Giridi, (resident of Chandrapura, Bokaro) and All India Forward Bloc candidate Gautam Kumar Mahto (Bokaro resident).

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Giving this information, Madhvi Mishra told media persons that the last date for withdrawal of name is at 3 pm on May 09 (Thursday).

“Voting on the Dhanbad Lok Sabha seat is scheduled on May 25 and counting is on June 4.

At the scrutiny meeting, general observer Anup Khinchi, deputy commissioner Madhvi Mishra, additional collector Binod Kumar, DRDA  director Rajiv Ranjan and nodal officer of OR cell Pradip Kumar Shukla were also present.

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