Guinness holder among aspirants

June 28, 2017 10:28 pm | Updated 10:28 pm IST - New Delhi

NDA   candidate Ram Nath Kovind meets J&K Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehooba Mufti in Srinagar on Wednesday. The PDP leaders assured him of their support

NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind meets J&K Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehooba Mufti in Srinagar on Wednesday. The PDP leaders assured him of their support

The process of filing nominations for the July 17 presidential election ended on Wednesday. A total of 95 people filed their nominations.

Barring two nominees — Opposition nominee Meira Kumar and NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind —— the rest have either already been invalidated or are almost certainly going to be rejected during scrutiny on Thursday, for every nomination has to be signed by 50 members of the electoral college and endorsed by another 50.

Among those who eyed the top constitutional post were a proclaimed Guinness record holder, a Patel couple from Maharashtra and a candidate from Salem in Tamil Nadu who has contested 150 elections so far.

According to sources, 108 nominations were filed by the 95 candidates, with some having filed multiple papers. A candidate can file a maximum of four nominations.

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