Kangana Ranaut
The election of BJP MP Kangana Ranaut from Mandi Lok Sabha seat of Himachal Pradesh has been challenged in the High Court. After this, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to Kangana Ranaut. Layak Ram Negi, a resident of Kinnaur, has filed this petition. Layak Ram Negi has requested to cancel Kangana’s election in the petition and argued that the petitioner’s nomination papers for contesting from this Lok Sabha seat were wrongly rejected.
demand for cancellation of election
Issuing notice, Justice Jyotsna Rewal directed Kangana Ranaut to file a reply by August 21. Ranaut had won the Mandi Lok Sabha seat by defeating her nearest rival Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh by a margin of 74,755 votes. She got 5,37,002 votes against Singh’s 4,62,267 votes. Seeking cancellation of Ranaut’s election, petitioner Layak Ram Negi said that his nomination papers were wrongly rejected by the Election Officer (Deputy Commissioner, Mandi) and he has also been made a party.
What is the allegation in the petition?
Layak Ram Negi, a former forest department employee, said he got early retirement and submitted a no dues certificate from the department along with his nomination papers before the election officer. However, he was given a day’s time to submit no dues certificates from the electricity, water and telephone departments and even when he submitted them, the election officer did not accept them and cancelled his nomination papers. He argued that he could have won the election if his papers had been accepted and said Kangana’s election should be cancelled. (Language)
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