Basti 07 May (His). On the second day of closing of nominations for Basti 61 Lok Sabha seat, the papers were scrutinized today, in which the papers of a total of 9 candidates including BJP, SP and BSP were found valid.
Giving information, District Magistrate Andra Vamsi said that during the investigation, the papers of 9 candidates including Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Harish Dwivedi, India Alliance candidate Ram Prasad Choudhary and BSP candidate Luvkush Patel were found valid, while Dayashankar Mishra, who was a former BSP candidate, was found valid. The form has been rejected.