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Three nominations for Palamu by-poll cancelled

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Daltonganj, Mar 10 (UNI) Nominations of three candidates filed for the March 29 by-election to the Palamu Parliamentary seat were cancelled today.

District Electoral Officer Nagendra Prasad Singh here said the nominations of Lalan Bhuiyan(Samta Party), Parasnath Manjhi of Manav Mukti Morcha and Brahmdeo Ram(Independent) were cancelled.

Mr Singh said the nomination of Samta Party candidate was cancelled as he mentioned it as a national party. While in the case of the other two the names of the proposers were not found in the voters list.

About 21 nominations were filed till the last date of filing the nomination on March 9. Last date of withdrawal was fixed on March 14. Counting would be held on April 1.

The prominent candidates include Mr Jitendra Kumar (JD-U), Mr Jawahar Paswan (BJP), Mr Ghuran Ram (RJD) Mr Lalan Bhuiyan (Samata Party).

The by-election was necessitated after Mr Manoj Bhuiyan(RJD) lost his Lok Sabha seat following the cash-for-query scam.

UNI
Topics: ELECTION-JHARKHAND-PALAMU
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