In Varanasi, the local news headline/summary is about the teacher-graduate MLC election, with 7 candidates' nomination papers rejected. Lawyers argued that they could not complete the documentary evidence; there were deficiencies in the documents.

In Varanasi, India, the election officer rejected the nomination papers of 7 candidates after scrutiny. These include four candidates from the teacher constituency and three from the graduate constituency. The election officer, S. Rajalingam, took this action based on the deficiencies found in the documents attached to the nomination papers. During the scrutiny of the nomination papers, the candidates...