Bhopal: 56 candidates file nomination for six seats

Bhopal: 56 candidates file nomination for six seats

Staff ReporterUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 12:04 AM IST
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Overall 56 candidates have filed nominations for six parliamentary constituencies till Monday- a day before last date of filing nomination for first phase of elections in the state.  According to Election Commission, 13 candidates from Sidhi, 10 from Shahdol, 9 from Jabalpur, 5 from Mandla, 11 from Balaghat and 8 candidates from Chhindwara filed nominations till Monday.

Nine candidates have filed nomination for Chhindwara assembly by-election. Notification for second phase of Lok Sabha polls in MP will be issued on April 10. The seven parliamentary constituencies for which the notification will be issued include Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad and Betul. Last date for filing nomination is April 18 and voting will be done on May 6.

CEO VL Kantha Rao informed that till date seizures worth Rs 24.71 crore have been done. This includes Rs 10.32 crore cash, liquor worth Rs 6.88 crore, narcotics worth Rs 3.44 crore, jewelry worth 59.55 lakh and miscellaneous including weapons, vehicles etc worth Rs 3.46 crore. Overall 96 companies of central forces will be deployed in MP during Lok Sabha elections out of which 19 companies have reached so far.

Remaining forces will arrive five days prior election. About 4 lakh cases of property defacement of government property and more than 72,000 cases of private property have been registered till date. More than 36,000 vehicles have been booked under various sections of violation of poll code.

Rs 24.71 cr worth Seizures & Recoveries
Rs 10.32 crore cash
Rs 6.88 cr worth liquor
Rs 3.44 cr worth narcotics
59.55 lakh worth jewelry
Rs 3.46 cr worth arms, vehicles etc

Three more state SVEEP icons nominated
Election Commission of India has nominated three more state icons for SVEEP activities in MP. Renowned theater actor, TV and film artist Govind Namdeo has been nominated as state icon to promote voters awareness. Namdeo belongs to Sagar district. Popular bollywood singer and social worker Palak Muchhal has also been entrusted for increasing voting percentage.

She is from Indore and has entered her name in Guinness Book of World record besides Limca book of world record. Also joining them is Deshna Jain, a resident of Tikamgarh, who has declared Miss India Pacific (Deaf) in 2018 besides being third runner-up at Miss International event. Theater artists Rajiv Verma and Divyanka Tripathi have been playing roles of state icon till date.

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