Huzurnagar bypoll: Nominations of CPI-M, 44 others rejected

Hyderabad: Election authorities on Tuesday rejected 45 nominations, including of the Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate, in the by-election to Telangana’s Huzurnagar Assembly seat scheduled on October 21.
The returning officer found only 31 nominations in order during the scrutiny on Tuesday. A total of 119 nomination sets were filed by 76 candidates.
The CPI-M received a jolt as its candidate Shekhar Rao’s nomination was also rejected by the returning officer. According to officials, his nomination papers were not found in order. Rao and his supporters staged protests at the office of returning officer, alleging that his nomination was deliberately rejected.
Nominations of the candidates of the Telangana Inti Party, the Aam Admi Party and some other smaller parties and several Independents were also rejected.
October 3 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations.
The by-poll in Huzurnagar is necessitated by the resignation of state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy from the Assembly following his election to Lok Sabha from Nalgonda constituency in the 2019 general elections.