President Election 2022: 11 candidates file nominations on first day; one paper rejected

For the upcoming presidential polls, 11 candidates filed their nominations on the first day. As the Sources said the paper of one of them was rejected for want of proper documents. The Presidential elections will be held on July 18, and the nomination form which will continue till June 29.

The nomination process began with the issuance of the notification on Wednesday calling electors to fill up the vacancy at the country’s highest constitutional post. Parliamentary sources said a person named Lalu Prasad Yadav from Saran in Bihar was among those who filed their papers. The candidates who filed nominations on Wednesday were from Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.