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Mansa, 14 December
Kulwant Singh, District Electoral Officer of Mansa, said that for the Nagar Panchayat Bhikhi and Nagar Panchayat Sardulgarh elections, a total of 137 candidates had submitted their nominations till December 12, out of which 11 nominations were rejected during the scrutiny held on December 13. Today, on the day of withdrawal of nominations, a total of 33 candidates of both the Nagar Panchayats have withdrawn their nominations. The Deputy Commissioner said that 27 candidates of Sardulgarh Nagar Panchayat and 6 candidates of Bhikhi Nagar Panchayat have withdrawn their nomination papers. He said that now 55 candidates in Sardulgarh and 38 in Bhikhi are in the election field.