New Delhi: Fifteen candidates have filed their nominations for the presidential elections with the papers of three of them rejected for want of proper documents, sources said Friday. They informed that 11 persons had filed their nominations on the first day of filing the papers June 15. Three filed their nominations Thursday and only one Friday. One nomination was rejected on the first day and two were rejected on the second day.
The poll to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind will be held July 18. The nomination process began June 15 and will continue till June 29. Scrutiny of the nomination papers would be done June 30.
Sources said one Sanjay Savji Deshpande from Mumbai filed his nomination Friday for the top constitutional post. Anand Singh Khuswah of Gwalior, Pratel Sureshchandra Laljibhai of Ahmedabad and Satya Narayan Prasad of Darbhanga in Bihar filed their nominations Thursday two of which were rejected.
Parliamentary sources said a person named Lalu Prasad Yadav from Saran in Bihar was among those who filed their papers. However, he has no connection with the former Bihar Chief Minister save the name.
The nomination of one of the candidates was rejected as the person had not attached a certified copy of the entry showing his or her name in the current electoral roll for the parliamentary constituency in which the candidate is registered as an elector.
The candidates who filed nominations on Wednesday were from Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
A nomination paper of a candidate for the election has to be made in the prescribed format and subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and at least another 50 electors as seconders. The person will have to deposit Rs 15,000 as a security deposit.