शिमला
An official spokesperson of the Election Department said here today that after scrutiny, now a total of 15 candidates are in the fray in the bye-elections to be held in three assembly constituencies (AC) viz, Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh. He said that the candidates can withdraw their nominations on 25th and 26th June, 2024 till 3 PM.
He said that now five candidates in Dehra, four in Hamirpur and six in Nalagarh are in the election fray.
Dehra AC
In Dehra AC of Kangra district, Kamlesh (53) of Indian National Congress (INC), Hoshyar Singh (57) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Independent candidates Sulekha Devi (59), Arun Ankesh Syal (34) and Advocate Sanjay Sharma (56) are in the fray.
Nomination papers of two covering candidates Hari Om (66) of Congress and Veer Singh (60) of BJP were rejected and five candidates are in the fray from here.
Hamirpur AC
Ashish Sharma (37) of BJP, Dr. Pushpinder Verma (48) of INC and Independent candidates Pradeep Kumar (58) and Nand Lal Sharma (64) are in the fray from Hamirpur Assembly Constituency.
No nomination was rejected and four candidates are in the fray from here.
Nalagarh AC
Hardeep Singh Bawa (44) of INC, K.L. Thakur (64) of BJP, Kishori Lal Sharma (46) of Swabhiman Party and Independent candidates Gurnam Singh (48), Harpreet Singh (36) and Vijay Singh (36) are in the fray from Nalagarh AC.
The nominations of an Independent candidate Uday Kumar Singh (46) and INCs covering candidate Parminder Kaur Bawa (43) were rejected and now six candidates are in the fray from here.
