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Savitri’s nomination papers had been rejected as a consequence of a spelling error — her husband’s title was spelt as Swapan Maitra as a substitute of Swapan Mitra.
Malda: Savitri Mitra, a Trinamool Congress candidate from Manikchak in Malda district, went to file her nomination with an enormous procession of music band and supporters, solely to return dissatisfied as her nomination received cancelled.
Savitri’s nomination papers had been rejected as a consequence of a spelling error — her husband’s title was spelt as Swapan Maitra as a substitute of Swapan Mitra. Savitri didn’t have the required paperwork along with her whereas submitting the nomination.
She, nevertheless, tried her finest to submit the paperwork by sending some folks to gather them however within the meantime the deadline for submitting the nomination was over. As a end result, she didn’t submit the papers.
The Manikchak candidate from Malda will not be the primary one to have made a mistake in submitting nomination papers. Another TMC candidate, Ujjawal Kumar, from Purulia’s Jaipur constituency additionally confronted the same problem. He, nevertheless, moved to courtroom in opposition to the rejection and after checking all the main points, the courtroom upheld the Election Commission’s choice.
Polling for the meeting constituencies in Malda district will probably be held on April 29, in Phase 8 of the West Bengal elections. The voting for all of the 294 meeting seats will probably be accomplished in eight phases and the outcomes will probably be introduced on May 2.
