Serial contestant among first three to file nominations
All three nominations were rejected for not complying with statutory requirements, as per a statement from the Rajya Sabha secretariat. One of those unsuccessful candidates was Dr K Padmarajan, a resident of Salem, Tamil Nadu.
Starting from 1980, he said he had filed nominations for Presidential, Vice-Presidential, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Assembly elections. He had filed nominations for the past six Presidential polls, as well as the last Vice-President election in 2022.
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While the ruling NDA and Opposition INDIA bloc are yet to reveal their nominees for the vice presidential election on September 9, three nominations, including from a serial contestant who claims to have filed nominations for 250 different elections over the past four decades, submitted their papers as the window for filing nominations opened on Thursday.
All three nominations were rejected for not complying with statutory requirements, as per a statement from the Rajya Sabha secretariat. One of those unsuccessful candidates was Dr K Padmarajan, a resident of Salem, Tamil Nadu.
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He told The Indian Express that this was the 250th election he had filed a nomination for. Starting from 1980, he said he had filed nominations for Presidential, Vice-Presidential, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Assembly elections.
He had filed nominations for the past six Presidential polls, as well as the last Vice-President election in 2022.
Damini Nath is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. She covers the housing and urban affairs and Election Commission beats. She has 11 years of experience as a reporter and sub-editor. Before joining The Indian Express in 2022, she was a reporter with The Hindu’s national bureau covering culture, social justice, housing and urban affairs and the Election Commission.
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