Adilabad: Nominations of 10 candidates were rejected due to various reasons, while papers of 13 nominees were accepted when officials carried out scrutiny of the papers on Friday.
Nominations of Ramesh Rathod (BJP), Daravath Narender (BRS), Athram Bhaskar (Congress), all of whom were ‘dummy candidates’ for the three parties’ official candidates, Madavi Venkat Rao (Rashtriya Manav Party), and Independents Chavan Ramu, Nethavath Ramdas, Kumram Manathaiah, Pendur Sudhakar, Naitham Ravinder and Athram Bheem Rao were declined by officials.
A total of 42 sets of nominations were received from 23 candidates from April 18 to 25. Nominees could withdraw their papers by submitting a written application by April 29.