DEO rejects Mistry's objection to Modi's candidature

DEO rejects Mistry's objection to Modi's candidature

Vadodara district electoral officer

today rejected the objection to the nomination papers of

Narendra Modi, raised by Congress candidate from the seat who

said that the BJP's prime ministerial candidate has not

provided assets and liability details of his wife.

          During the scrutiny of the nomination papers today,

Congress candidate from Vadodara, Madhusudan Mistry pointed

out that Modi has failed to provide details of PAN card

number, bank account details, etc, of his wife Jasodaben in

his nomination papers.

            He demanded from District Electoral Officer Vinod Rao that

Modi's candidature be rejected as he has failed to provide

details of assets and liabilities of his wife.

            Mistry also requested the Election Commission to register

an FIR against Modi for his failure in providing other details

of his wife in the columns of his nomination papers in which

he has just said that details are 'not known' to him.

            In an affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers

filed yesterday for Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, Modi for the

first time declared himself as a married man by revealing his

wife's name as Jashodaben.

            However, in the column where he has to declare assets and

liabilities in the name of his wife, Modi has written that he

has no information on it.

            Vadodara District Collector Vinod Rao, however, rejected

the objection raised by Mistry citing a Supreme Court ruling

on the issue with regard to some other case.

            Mistry contended, "It is mandatory for a candidate to

provide all details in nomination papers as per directive of

the Election Commission and Modi who is nominated as prime

minister nominee by his party, cannot hide them."

            "Modi has not given divorce to his wife. So he should have

provided all details about his wife in his nomination papers,"

Mistry demanded.

            After Rao overruled his objections, Mistry demanded that

the district electoral officer should provide to him this

ruling in writing.

            Modi, Mistry and AAP candidate Sunil Kulkarni are pitted

against each other in a three-way contest for the Vadodara Lok

Sabha seat