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BJP’s Ambala mayoral candidate fails to file nomination papers
Dr Vandana Sharma says the person who proposed her names had some issues regarding signatures on a document
Dr Vandana Sharma, the joint mayoral candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jannayak Janata Party for the Ambala municipal corporation could not file her nomination papers at the additional deputy commissioner’s (ADC) office on Tuesday, the penultimate day of the filing process, because of problems related to signatures.
Dr Sharma, who is also district chairperson of the child welfare committee, said “My proposer, an advocate, had some confusion about the signature on a document, so we’ll furnish them (papers) on Wednesday at 11 am.”
SDM-cum-returning officer Sachin Gupta confirmed that Sharma had left the ADC’s office. However, mayoral candidates of other parties, including the Congress’s Meena Aggarwal and Gurmeet Kaur of the Ambala Vikas Manch, filed their papers, he added
Dr Sharma was accompanied to the ADC’s office by former state BJP chief and party incharge for the polls Subhash Barala, state minister Kamlesh Dhanda, MLA Aseem Goel, district chief Rajesh Batoura and other party leaders. The leaders also attended a rally here before the nominations.
Seventeen candidates from different parties including four independents also filed their papers to respective assistant returning officers (AROs).
Gupta also said that eligible voters who had filed their names after November 16 this for the assembly electoral rolls had been approved and voter IDs issued to them. “Such voters can submit form A before the returning officer for inclusion in the voter list for MC elections,” he added.
