The nomination papers of all the 10 candidates for the
reserved seat in Manipur which were scrutinised on Monday were found to
be in order. The scrutiny was done in the office of the collector of
Thoubal district T. Ranjit who is also the Returning Officer.
The
last date of withdrawing the nomination papers, if any, is March 26.
The reserved Outer Manipur constituency goes to polls on April 9. The
polling in the general seat shall be held on April 17.
There
are candidates from the Congress, the BJP, the NCP, the JD(U), the
CPI(ML), the AAP, the TMC and three independents. There is one woman
candidate.
At least seven Assembly segments of the
Thoubal district were included in this reserved seat. This means voters
can vote for a tribal candidate, but they themselves cannot contest the
seat.
