Nominations of 4 BJP candidates rejected by SEC

In a major set back to the BJP, the State Election Commission has rejected nominations of four of its candidates for the upcoming civic elections in Delhi. The Congress also landed up in an embarrassing situation with the poll body rejecting nomination of its Dwarka candidate.

With the commission’s rejection of nominations of four of the candidates, the saffron party along with its ally Shiromani Akali Dal will now be contesting on 268 of the 272 municipal wards. Since the BJP and Congress would for the first time be facing a three cornered contest, the two parties are leaving no stones unturned to see that the AAP which is contesting on all the wards does not repeat its Assembly poll performance by winning 67 of the 70 seats. The State Election Commission has rejected nomination of BJP candidates Monika Chhabra from Kishan Ganj in North Delhi Municipal Corporation, Ravinder

Negi from Vinod Nagar in the East Delhi Municipal Corporation and two candidates, Sanju Bala (Bapraula) and Jamal Haidar (Abul Fazal Enclave) in South Delhi Municipal Corporation. “Nomination of BJP’s covering candidates in these wards have been also rejected that means no one will contest on BJP ticket in these seats. The Commission also rejected nomination of Congress candidate Sudha Sharma from Dwarka in the SDMC,” said a source.