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Mukherjee's nomination for presidential poll accepted
Tuesday July 03, 2012 08:03:07 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
nomination of United Progressive Alliance candidate Pranab
Mukherjee for the presidential poll was accepted Tuesday and the
plea by his opponent P.A Sangma to disqualify him on the ground of
holding an office of profit rejected.
Mukherjee's nomination was challenged by Sangma's team, alleging
that he was holding an office of profit as chairman of the Kolkata-based
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
Rajya Sabha Secretary General V.K. Agnihotri, the returning
officer for the presidential poll, announced here that the
nominations of both Mukherjee and Sangma were accepted and all
objections were dismissed.
"After making summary inquiries as required under the relevant
provisions of the presidential and vice presidential election act,
regarding conduct of scrutiny of nomination papers, and after
hearing both the parties in both the cases today (Tuesday), I, in
my capacity as returning officer, overruled the objections raised
in both the cases as they were untenable and lacked merit,"
Agnihotri told reporters.
Mukherjee's election agent and Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Pawan Kumar Bansal said: "Pranab Mukherjee's nomination has been
accepted... resignation from Indian Statistical Institute was
valid."
"The objections raised by Sangma were taken up by the returning
officer and we filed our reply attached with the resignation by
Mukherjee and its acceptance by the ISI. These were considered and
objections turned down," he said.
The ISI had also issued a statement Monday that Mukherjee had
resigned on June 20.
The controversy, however, resulted in the extension of last day of
scrutiny by a day to Tuesday.
The nomination of Sangma, who is being backed by a host of
opposition parties, was also was accepted Tuesday morning.
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