Summary:
Agra: The election officials rejected 16 nomination papers filed for the forthcoming elections on Agra and Fatehpur Sikri seat during the scrutiny process on Wednesday. Now, only 16 candidates remain in poll fray from Agra.In the four day nomination process which ended on Tuesday, total 43 candidates filed nomination from Agra and Fatehpur Sikri seats. She had filed nomination as a dummy candidate of her father. Seven nominations were cancelled on Agra seat and nine on Fatehpur Sikri seat leaving a total of 27 candidates to contest on both the seats.Nomination papers of Saloni Singh, daughter of BJP’s candidate from Agra SP Singh Baghel, stood rejected due some errors. 18 candidates had filed papers from Agra seat and 25 from Fatehpur Sikri.The Agra seat would witness a tough fight between BJP candidate SP Singh Baghel, BSP-SP-RLD coalition candidate Manoj Kumar Soni and Congress candidate Preeta Harit..