With the Election Commission issuing notification for general elections to the 2-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency, the Returning Officer (RO) for the Constituency, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, has issued guidelines to candidates for filing of nomination papers.
The guidelines state that nominations for the Srinagar LokSabha seat can be filed at the office of the Returning Officer from 11 am to 3pm adding that number of proposers allowed are one for candidates of nationaland state parties and ten for unrecognized parties and independents.
It further states that the maximum number of persons allowed at the time of filing of nomination by a candidate are 5 including the candidate whereas the maximum number of vehicles allowed for each candidate are 3.
The candidates will also have to have separate bank accounts opened before filing their nominations. The candidates have been advised to go through the latest guidelines of the ECI or approach the office of the RO for further clarifications to avoid shortcomings in the nomination papers.
ADC Srinagar KK Sidha has been appointed as the nodalofficer for facilitating nomination of candidates.
Pertinently, as per the election notification for theSrinagar Lok Sabha seat, the last date for filing of nominations is 26 March2019 while the scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on March 27. Thelast date for withdrawal of nominations is March 29 whereas the polling will beheld on April 18 (from 7 am to 6 pm).