RK Nagar bypoll: Nomination papers of Vishal, Deepa rejected

The Election Commission today rejected nomination papers of actor Vishal, Jayalalithaa’s niece Deepa Jayakumar for the December 21 RK Nagar byelection after they were scrutinised. Vishal’s nomination was rejected as the names of two people who proposed him had been mentioned wrongly. Deepa’s affidavit was not in order and that she had not filled all the columns, especially the one seeking information on value of her properties.

After the returning officer rejected his nomination, Vishal and his supporters staged a protest in RK Nagar and they were detained in police station. The Election Commission on Tuesday took up all nominations filed on Monday for scrutiny. It found that 54 nominations were not in order and rejected them. Nominations of several independent candidates were rejected, but papers of candidates of the DMK, the AIADMK and the BJP were ALL accepted.