2nd phase LS polls: Nominations of 30 candidates rejected

Nominations of 30 candidates were rejected Friday after scrutiny for 14 Lok Sabha constituencies which will go to polls in the second phase on April 23, election officials said.

They said the number of validly nominated candidates stands at 288.

A total of 318 candidates have filed 457 nominations till Thursday, the last day of filing nominations.

Prominent among those who have filed their nominations for the second phase are Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Ministers Ananth Kumar Hegde from Uttara Kannada, Ramesh Jigajinagi from Bijapur;