Hyderabad: As many as 211 candidates filed papers for the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll, scheduled for November 11 as filing of nominations concluded on Tuesday, official sources said.
On October 21, the last date for filing nominations, a total of 117 candidates filed their papers, an official release said on Wednesday. A total of 321 nominations were filed by 211 candidates, with some of them filing two sets of nominations. Due to the large number of candidates, the nomination process continued beyond Tuesday midnight.
Some of the nominations were filed by individuals “affected” in the land acquisition for the projects such as the proposed Regional Ring Road (RRR). They told TV channels that farmers filed nominations to teach a lesson to the government and to make it understand their plight.
Asked on the reasons for them to file a large number of nominations, they alleged that there is no transparency in alignment of the RRR project.
“The government wants to benefit those with large land holdings while troubling the small and marginal farmers (by changing the alignment). We want justice for those being affected by the RRR project,” they said.
As per the schedule, the scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on Wednesday. The last date for withdrawal of candidatures is October 24. The nominations were received at the Office of the Returning Officer at Shaikpet.
The high-stakes bypoll to Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency here would take place on November 11, with votes to be counted on November 14. This bypoll is necessitated by the death of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath in June this year, following a heart attack.
The ruling Congress in Telangana announced V Naveen Yadav as its candidate, while the opposition BRS fielded Maganti Sunitha, widow of the late MLA. The BJP nominated Lankala Deepak Reddy.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said the party will support Congress candidate Naveen Yadav in the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll. The EC’s new measures, including affixing colour photographs of candidates on EVMs, use of Artificial Intelligence-based surveillance and GPS-enabled monitoring of sensitive polling stations to prevent malpractice, would be in place for this bypoll.
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