911 candidates in Uttarakhand & 266 in Manipur
DEHRADUN. A total of 911 candidates have filed their nominations for 70 assembly seats in Uttarakhand where polling is scheduled to be held on January 30. "At the end of the filing of nominations process today, 911 candidates are now in the fray," Uttarakhand Chief Election Officer Radha Raturi said here. A total of 384 candidates today filed their nomination papers, she said. State education minister Matbar Singh Kandari (BJP), former minister Nav Prabhat (Cong) and Manish Tiwari (Cong), nephew of veteran Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister N D Tiwari, were among those who filed their nominations on the last day. The scrutiny of nomination papers would be held tomorrow, while the last date of withdrawal of names is January 16. Both ruling BJP and main opposition Congress have fielded their candidates on all the 70 seats in the hill state where nearly 64 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise.
266 Candidates files Nomination in Manipur
IMPHAL: At least 266 candidates belonging to different political parties have filed their nomination papers for the ensuing crucial tenth Manipur state assembly polls slated for January 28. On Wednesday, the last date of filing nomination papers, the ruling Congress put its nominees in all the sixty constituencies of the state even as scrutiny of the papers were conducted at the district and sub-divisional headquarters on Thursday.Almost all the papers were found valid till the time of filing this report, official sources said adding that central para military forces have also begun stationing at several district headquarters for poll duty.
People's Democratic Front (PDF), the grand pre-poll alliance of five parties- Manipur People's Party (MPP), NCP, RJD, JD (U) and CPI (M) also fielded its candidates in all 60 constituencies. BJP, which is sharing seats with the MPP, fielded 19 candidates, Trinamool Congress has put up 48 nominees, CPI (23 ), Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) (33) and Naga People's Front (NPF) ( 12) .Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh is contesting from Thoubal constituency, while opposition leader Radha Binod Koijam, who is also the president of state unit NCP, is fighting in Thangmeiband constituency in Imphal West. Kshetrigao constituency in Imphal East has the highest number of candidates in the fray with 9 candidates filing the papers.Meanwhile, the Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) has appealed to all Zeliangrong community living in around 30 constituencies of the state not to misuse their right to vote but to exercise it judiciously for bringing about peace, progress and development in Zeliangrong areas in the coming polls.
Clarifying that ZYF is not a political organizations nor does it have any affiliation to any political parties, the front, nevertheless, stated that Zeliangrong people should realize that they are the deciding factor in many constituencies in the valley districts as well as hill districts apart from Tamenglong district. In the meantime, the underground Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) has put a ban on the Congress in tribal -dominated Churachandpur and Chandel districts in the ensuing polls. Stating that Congress and its workers are against the 'liberation movement of Manipur' the Kuki outfit in a statement appealed the public not to cooperate with Congress.Congress has already been banned and attacked with bombs by the coordinating committee of seven valley based rebel outfits known as 'CorCom'.
( SOURCE - TIMES OF INDIA)
People's Democratic Front (PDF), the grand pre-poll alliance of five parties- Manipur People's Party (MPP), NCP, RJD, JD (U) and CPI (M) also fielded its candidates in all 60 constituencies. BJP, which is sharing seats with the MPP, fielded 19 candidates, Trinamool Congress has put up 48 nominees, CPI (23 ), Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) (33) and Naga People's Front (NPF) ( 12) .Chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh is contesting from Thoubal constituency, while opposition leader Radha Binod Koijam, who is also the president of state unit NCP, is fighting in Thangmeiband constituency in Imphal West. Kshetrigao constituency in Imphal East has the highest number of candidates in the fray with 9 candidates filing the papers.Meanwhile, the Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) has appealed to all Zeliangrong community living in around 30 constituencies of the state not to misuse their right to vote but to exercise it judiciously for bringing about peace, progress and development in Zeliangrong areas in the coming polls.
Clarifying that ZYF is not a political organizations nor does it have any affiliation to any political parties, the front, nevertheless, stated that Zeliangrong people should realize that they are the deciding factor in many constituencies in the valley districts as well as hill districts apart from Tamenglong district. In the meantime, the underground Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) has put a ban on the Congress in tribal -dominated Churachandpur and Chandel districts in the ensuing polls. Stating that Congress and its workers are against the 'liberation movement of Manipur' the Kuki outfit in a statement appealed the public not to cooperate with Congress.Congress has already been banned and attacked with bombs by the coordinating committee of seven valley based rebel outfits known as 'CorCom'.
( SOURCE - TIMES OF INDIA)
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