Bhilai, Nov 02: On Friday, 43 candidates filed their nominations for six assembly constituencies of Durg District. With this, the total number of candidates those who filed their nominations till now has risen to 115 for six assembly seats. Nomination filing process concluded from the second phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh on the day. Scrutiny of nomination forms will be conducted on November 03 during 11:00 hrs to 15:00 hrs at the office of Returning Officer in presence of General Election Observers appointed by Election Commission of India. From Patan, five candidates filed their nominations on the day. They are Manoj Kumar Baghel (Ind); Ram Prasad Kosle (Rashtriya Samajwadi Party), Dev Prasad Markandey (Chhattisgarh Swabhimaan Party); Dinesh Kumar Kurre (Ambedkar Party) and Radhika Prasad Verma (Ind).
Three candidates filed their nominations from Durg (Urban) seat. They are Sunil Kumar Markandey (Ambedkar Party), Subhash Kumar Pal (India Janbandhu Party) and Surya Narayan Sonwani (Pichda Varg Party). 13 candidates filed their nominations from Bhilai Nagar. They were Ramadhar Kori (Ind); Devendra Dewangan (Ind); Janissar Akhtar (Rashtriya Samajwadi Party); Deenanath Jaiswar (BSP); Vinod Kumar Wasnik (BSP); Arpan Tarun (Indian Janbandhu Party); Geetanjali Singh (BSP); Parasram Dhurve (Ambedkarite Party); Asgar Sheikh (Ind); Anrul Haq (Ind); Kishore Kumar (Ind); Shatrughan Prasad (Ind) and Javed Khan (Ind).
Eleven candidates filed their nominations from Vaishalinagar constituency. They are Hemant Chauhan (Ind); Badruddin Qureshi (INC); Chandra Shekhar Sahu (AAP); Lata Lunhare (Chhattisgarh Swabhimaan Manch); Pankaj Sirsar (Ambedkar Party); Charulata Pandey (Ind); Janissar Akhtar (Ind); Nazrul Islam (Ind); Ashwini Kumar Shukla (Swabhimaan Manch Party); Sanjay Kumar Gendre (Ind) and E Milton Lal (India Janbandhu Party). Three candidates filed their nominations from Ahiwara constituency. They were Padma Patil (SUCI); Shailendra Banjare (Shakti Sena) and Paras Ram Rakesh (BJP).
Eight candidates filed their nominations from Durg (Rural). They are Tamradhwaj Sahu (INC); Balmukund Dewangan (Ind), Sourabh Sharma (Shiv Sena); Pratima Bai Daharia (Jogi Congress); Radhe Shyam Sori (Ambedkarite Party); Santosh Nishad (Ind); Rohit Kumar Dewangan (Ind) and Jageshwar Kumar Sahu (Ind).
Ten candidates purchased nomination forms on the day and some of them filed their nominations on the day. Those who purchased nomination forms on the day were Manoj Kumar Baghel (Ind) and Om Prakash Tondon from Patan; RK Dewangan (Ind) and Pratima Bai (Ind) from Durg (Rural); Manharan Singh (Gondwana Ganatantra Party), Rounak Sachdev (Shiv Sena) and Javed Ali (Ind) from Durg (Urban); Geetanjali Singh (BSP) from Bhilai Nagar; Inder Lal Lehre (Ind) from Vaishalinagar; and Shailendra Kumar Banjare (Shakti Sena) from Ahiwara.