Vice President Polls: Only 5 filed papers on day 1 of nomination process

As many as five people, including one who goes by the alias “Ramayani Chaiwala”, filed papers on Tuesday, on the first day of the nomination process for the August 6 vice-presidential election. The last date to file the nominations is July 19.

The nomination papers of one candidate were rejected for failing to furnish a mandatory document.

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According to reports, K Padmarajan of Salem district in Tamil Nadu, Pareshkumar Nanubhai Mulani from Ahmedabad, Hosmath Vijayanand from Bengaluru and Naidugari Rajasekhar Srimukhalingam from Andhra Pradesh have filed their nominations for the vice-presidential polls.

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Anand Singh Khushwaha from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, who goes by the alias “Ramayani Chaiwala”, was also among those who filed nomination papers at the returning officer’s office in Parliament.

Though Khushwaha’s papers were accepted, he did not submit the security deposit of Rs 15,000.

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The papers of Mr Srimukhalingam were rejected as he failed to submit a certified copy of the entry relating to the candidate in the voters’ list of the Lok Sabha constituency in which he is residing.

The four other nominations will come up for scrutiny on July 20. These nominations are set to be rejected as they were not supported by 20 parliamentarians as proposers and 20 others as seconders.

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For a successful nomination as a candidate in the vice-presidential election, a nominee needs 20 MPs as proposers and 20 others as seconders.

The term of incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10 and the next vice president will take oath on August 11.

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The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a clear edge in the election, in which the members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including the nominated ones, are eligible to vote.

The political parties are yet to name their candidates for the election. The vice president is also the chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.