MP bypolls: No nomination even on day 2

Bhopal, Feb 13 (UNI) For the second consecutive day, not a single nomination was filed for byelections to Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and Sidhi Lok Sabha constituencies and Udaypura assembly seat, official sources said.

Meanwhile, the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party announced its candidates who were state Tourism Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia (Gwalior), National Scheduled Castes Commission Chairman Kunwar Singh (Sidhi) and Ms Shashiprabha Singh (Udaypura).

The hustings were necessitated in Sidhi and Gwalior as MPs Chandrapratap Singh (BJP) and Ramsewak Singh Gujjar were expelled from Parliament in the cash-for-query scam. Udaypura MLA Rampal Singh, who was the Public Health Engineering Minister, put in his papers after emerging victorious in the Vidisha Lok Sabha bypoll.

February 19 is the last date for filing nomination papers.

Scrutiny will take place the following day and papers may be withdrawn until February 22. Polling will take place on March 8 and counting is scheduled for March 11.

UNI