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Election officials crossed the State had a engaged time connected Saturday with candidates queueing up to record their information papers for the upcoming Assembly elections successful Kerala.
As galore arsenic 505 information papers were filed till 7.30 p.m. connected Saturday, taking the full fig filed truthful acold to 537. With Sunday being a holiday, candidates person lone 1 much day, Monday (March 23) to record the papers.
Prominent candidates from the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) filed their papers connected Saturday. Ministers K.N. Balagopal, V. Sivankutty, Roshy Augustine, P. Rajeeve, P.A. Mohamed Riyas, K. Rajan, K.B. Ganesh Kumar, J. Chinchurani and Ramachandran Kadannapalli were among the LDF candidates who filed their papers connected Saturday.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had filed papers connected Thursday. CPI(M) dissident G. Sudhakaran, who is contesting arsenic an Independent successful Ambalappuzha besides has filed his papers.
Senior Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and K. Muraleedharan, elder IUML person P.K. Kunhalikutty and CMP person C.P. John were among the leaders from the UDF campy who submitted their documents.
BJP State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, erstwhile Union Minister V. Muraleedharan, erstwhile State presidents K. Surendran and P.K. Krishnadas, and Sobha Surendran were among the BJP candidates who filed the papers connected Saturday.
The scrutiny of the papers volition beryllium held connected Tuesday (March 24). March 26 is the deadline for withdrawing the nominations.
