Jammu, Apr 6 (UNI) The Returning Officer for Jammu parliamentary constituency, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, on Saturday rejected the nomination of three candidates during scrutiny of papers for Jammu Lok Sabha constituency, leaving 23 candidates in the fray.
The official said that the Returning Officer conducted the scrutiny of nomination papers submitted by the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, and the forms of 23 candidates were found valid, while the candidature of three candidates, two covering candidates – Chanranjeet Chargotra (BSP) and Indra Bhalla (Congress) – and Independent Ravinder Singh were rejected as per norms.
The Lok Sabha polls in Jammu constituency will be held in the second phase of elections on April 26.