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J&K HC sends notice to ECI with plea to annul Chenani Assembly poll | India News – Times of India

J&K HC issues notice to ECI seeking plea to annul Chenani Assembly poll
The J&K and Ladakh High Court
JAMMU: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has sent notices to, among others, the Election Commission of India, the Chief Electoral Officer, and the Government of J&K on a petition filed by a candidate of the National Panthers Party (India) Hard Dev Singh are trying to annul the 2024 parliamentary elections in Chenani.
Singh, who leads the party, lost to the BJP’s Balwant Singh Mankotia by a margin of 15,611 votes. Singh alleged malpractices during election activities. He alleged that Mankotia had launched a malicious, highly malicious and pernicious smear campaign against him.
Mankotia, through his social media posts and interviews, gave the impression that he was a nationalist, while Singh was an anti-nationalist and pro-terrorist, the NPP (India) chief complained.
Lawyer Aseem Sawhney argued his case Chenani elections was tainted due to large-scale corruption and concealment of material facts in the affidavit.

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