<p>Candidates seeking to contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa will have to submit an additional affidavit along with a ‘No Demand’ certificate.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said that the candidates seeking to contest the Assembly elections would have to file an additional affidavit and a No Demand certificate along with his or her nomination papers.<br /><br />He or she would have to obtain the No Demand certificate from the agencies providing electricity, water and telephone.<br /><br /> If the candidate had been in occupation of any government accommodation during the last 10 years, he or she would have file a document certifying that he or she owed no dues as rent, the election commissioner said.<br /><br />The Election Commission introduced the requirement to file an additional affidavit and a No Demand certificate by candidates in accordance with an order of the Delhi High Court.<br /><br />Zaidi said that the failure to file the affidavit along with the No Demand certificate would be treated as a defect of substantial nature “for the purposes of Section 36 of the Representation of People Act, 1951” and might lead to rejection of the nomination of the candidates.<br /> <br /></p>
<p>Candidates seeking to contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa will have to submit an additional affidavit along with a ‘No Demand’ certificate.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said that the candidates seeking to contest the Assembly elections would have to file an additional affidavit and a No Demand certificate along with his or her nomination papers.<br /><br />He or she would have to obtain the No Demand certificate from the agencies providing electricity, water and telephone.<br /><br /> If the candidate had been in occupation of any government accommodation during the last 10 years, he or she would have file a document certifying that he or she owed no dues as rent, the election commissioner said.<br /><br />The Election Commission introduced the requirement to file an additional affidavit and a No Demand certificate by candidates in accordance with an order of the Delhi High Court.<br /><br />Zaidi said that the failure to file the affidavit along with the No Demand certificate would be treated as a defect of substantial nature “for the purposes of Section 36 of the Representation of People Act, 1951” and might lead to rejection of the nomination of the candidates.<br /> <br /></p>
