The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought direction to de-recognition of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for allegedly failing to disclose the criminal antecedents of the party and its candidates during election nominations/ affidavits.
According to the poll body, the deadline for submitting nominations was January 17 while the scrutiny was done on January 18 and the last date of withdrawal was January 20.
A total of 1,040 nominations have been accepted during scrutiny of the nominations filed by several candidates for the assembly elections for the 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly, said the Office of Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi.
A total of 1521 nominations have been filed for the assembly elections on 70 constituencies of Delhi, scheduled to be held on February 5, as per the Election Commission of India.
The Delhi assembly polls will be held in a single phase on February 5 and the counting of votes will take place on February 8. The last date for filing nominations is January 17. The date for scrutiny of nominations is January 18. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is January 20.
The last date for filing nominations is January 17 (tomorrow), and last date for scrutiny of nomination is January 18, and January 20 is the last date for withdrawal of candidature.