‘Auspicious day’ for nominations

April 08, 2014 10:22 pm | Updated May 21, 2016 09:54 am IST - Hyderabad:

Returning officers in Telangana are bracing for heavy rush on Wednesday, the last date for filing of nominations for the Assembly and Parliament seats.

A large number of candidates are likely to file their papers on Wednesday as it happens to be an auspicious day -- particularly 3 p.m. is considered very lucky. Major political parties finalised the list of candidates on Tuesday night leaving the candidates no option, but to file their nominations on the last day.

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