Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 22: The nominations of 21 candidates in 16 Assembly constituencies in the districts of Baramulla, Budgam and Pulwama were rejected today by the returning officers in third phase of Assembly elections that is voting on December 9.
The papers of 166 candidates were scrutinized by the returning officers today for 3rd phase of Assembly elections in which 145 candidates were found eligible, and nomination papers of 21 candidates were rejected. The last day for the withdrawal of nomination papers is on November 24.
In Uri constituency, papers of all 5 candidates, Ajaz Ali Khan (PDP), Taj Mohi-ud-Din (INC), Mohammad Shafi (JKNC), Mushtaq Ahmad Mir (BJP) and Waseem Raja (JKKMP) were cleared.
In Rafiabad constituency, papers of 12 candidates, Desh Kumar Nehru(BJP), Abdul Gani Vakil(INC), Javaid Ahmad Dar(NC), Abdul Majeed Dar(JKNPP), Yawar Ahmad Mir(PDP), Khurshid Ahmad Khan (JKPC), Fayaz Ahmad Malik, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ahanger, Ghulam Nabi Parry, Mohammad Maqbool Dar, Mohammad Maqbool Mir and Mudasir Rasool Bhat(Independents) were cleared and One candidate’s nomination form was rejected.
In Sopore constituency, papers of 16 candidates, Abdul Rashid Dar (INC), Mohammad Ashraf Ganie (NC), Muzaffar Ahmad Lone (JKNPP), Nazir Ahmad Naikoo (PDP), Mohammad Ramzan Baba (PC), Irshad Rasool Kar, Ulfat Sabba Ahmad Khawaja, Bashir Ahmad Azad, Zahid Gani Mircha, Shahzad Aasim, Sajad Mohi-ud-Din Sheikh, Sayed Iqbal Nazki, Gh. Rasool Dar, Gh. Mohammad War, Mohammad Abdullah Dar and Mudasir Manzoor Wani (Independents) were cleared and nominations of 7 were rejected.
In Sangrama constituency, papers of all 10 candidates, Khawaja Mohammad Yaqoob Wani (JKNC), Syed Basharat Bukhari (PDP), Shoaib Nabi Lone (INC), Farooq Ahmad Bhat (JKNPP), Ghulam Mohidin Bhat (PC), Nisar Ahmad Shah (KMP), Irfan Hafiz Lone, Gh. Mohi-ud-Din Sofi, Fazal Mahmood Baig and Hilal Ahmed Bhat (Independents) were cleared.
In Baramulla constituency, papers of 13 candidates, Javid Hassan Baig (PDP), Salman Anees Soz (INC), Ghulam Hassan Rahi (NC), Gulshan Sanhotra (JKNPP), Mohammad Afsar Khan (KMP), Mohammad Yousf Dar (PC), Asif Akbar Lone, Altaf Jameel Lone, Ashiq Hussain Ganie, Gulam-ud-Din Gulshan, Mohammad Aslam Deedar, Mohammad Rafiq Lone and Mohammad Maqbool Mir (Independents) were cleared and nomination of one candidate was rejected.
In Gulmarg constituency, papers of 8 candidates, Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal (NC), Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Malla (JKNPP), Mohammad Abbas Wani (PDP), Abdul Ahad Sheikh (KMP), Ghulam Hassan Mir (DPN), Tejender Singh, Shabir Ahmad Mir and Mohammad Akram Mir (Independents) have been cleared.
In Pattan constituency, papers of 14 candidates, Aga Syed Mehmood-Al-Mosavi (NC), Riyaz Ahmad (INC), Aashiq Hussain Lone (BSP), Imran Raza Ansari (PDP), Basharat Hussain Najar (JKDPN), Wali Mohammad Wani (KMP), Bashir Ahmad Ganai, Shabir Ahmad Wani, Shahzad Ahmad Yatoo, Tariq Ahmad Parry, Ashiq Ahmad Dar, Abdul Ahad Yatoo, Ab. Rashid Shaheen and Farooq Ahmad Ganie (Independents) were cleared and one was rejected.
In Chadoora constituency, papers of 7 candidates, Javid Mustafa Mir (PDP), Riyaz Ahmad Rather (JKNPP), Ali Mohammad Dar (NC), Ghulam Mohammad Paul (NCP), Mohammad Maqbool Malla (INC), Dr Bilal Ahmad Mir and Gulam Mohammad Bhat (Independents) were cleared and nomination of two candidates was rejected.
In Budgam constituency, papers of all 7 candidates, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi (NC), Ghulam Hussain Geelani (INC), Gh. Mohi-ud-Din Bhat (Muntazir) (PDP), Mir Fayaz Rahat (BJP), Mohammad Kamal Malik (PC), Fayaz Ahmad Dar (PDF) and Rafiq Ahmad Dar (Independent) were cleared.
In Beerwah constituency, papers of 6 candidates, Abdul Rashid Banday (BJP), Nazir Ahmad Khan (INC), Omar Abdullah (J&KNC), Dr. Shafi Ahmad Wani (PDP), Dawood Khan Lodhi (PC) and Aijaz Ahmad Lone (Independent) were cleared and nomination papers of 2 candidates were rejected.
In Khansahib constituency, papers of 6 candidates, Abdul Gani Naseem (INC), Manzoor Ahmad Wani (NC), Saif-ud-Din Bhat (PDP), Hakim Mohammad Yaseen Shah (PDF), Bashir Ahmad Khan and Mohammad Anwar Lone (Independents) were cleared and those of two candidates were rejected.
In Chrar-i-Sharief constituency, papers of 9 candidates, Zahid Hussain (INC), Ghulam Mohammad Chopan (BJP), Abdul Rahim Rather (NC), Ghulam Nabi Lone (PDP), Fayaz Ahmad Rather (JKNPP), Advocate Mohammad Latief Lone (PC), Mushtaq Ahmad Baba (KMP), Showkat Ahmad Raina and Nazir Ahmad Rather (Independents) were cleared and that one was rejected.
In Tral constituency, papers of 8 candidates, Avtar Singh (BJP), Ghulam Mohammad Mir (INC), Krishan Singh (JKNPP), Mohammad Ashraf Bhat (JKNC), Mushtaq Ahmad Shah (PDP), Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Abdul Rashid Dar and Mohammad Ashraf Ganie (Independents) were cleared and that of one was rejected.
In Pampore constituency, papers of 6 candidates, Zahoor Ahmad Mir (JKPDP), Ali Mohammad Wagay (BJP), Mohammad Anwar Bhat (INC), Yawar Ali Abbas Masoodi (JKNC) and Ghulam Mohammad Yatoo and Mohammad Iqbal Sofi (Independents) were cleared and that of one was rejected.
In Pulwama constituency, papers of all 10 candidates, Bashir Ahmad Magray(INC), Riyaz Ahmad Mir, (BJP), Ghulam Nabi Wani (NC), Mohammad Khalil Band (PDP), Abdul Qayoom Mir (PDFS), Farooq Ahmad Mir(PC), Bashir Ahmad Malik, Sana-ullah Dar, Abdul Gani Shah and Masood Hussain Wani (Independents) were cleared.
In Rajpora constituency, papers of all 8 candidates, Haseeb A Drabu (PDP), Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Mir (NC), Fayaz Ahmad Dar, (INC), Mohammad Abdullah Dar(RPI), Peerzada Syed Bashir Ahmad, Syed Riyaz Ahmad Riyaz Khawar, Ghulam Nabi Wani and Lateef Ahmad Dederd (Independents) were cleared.