Sunday, April 13, 2014

253 leaders in fray in Punjab

Chandigarh, April 12
A total of 253 candidates have been left in the election fray in the state as 27 more candidates withdrew their nominations on the last day today.
An official press release said Bathinda had the highest number of 29 candidates whereas Gurdaspur had the lowest 13 candidates.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer Supreet Singh Gulati today said 455 nominations were filed by 350 candidates, which were reduced to 280 after scrutiny. He said after the withdrawal of nominations, a total of 253 candidates would contest the poll.
Chilli, cot among symbols
Ropar: Cot, table, green chilli, flute and glass are among the symbols allotted to candidates from Anandpur Sahib constituency. The cot symbol was allotted to Ramesh Rani. Harcharan Singh got flute and Fakir Chand, Gurnam Singh and Baljit Kaur got kite, batsman and ‘Handi’ (cooking vessel).

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