No candidates for Nagaland polls; only 2 days left for filing nominations

No political party candidate has filed nomination for the February 27 Nagaland Assembly election till Monday even as only two days are left for it, state Chief Electoral Officer Abhijit Sinha said.

However, political parties including the ruling Naga People's Front, BJP, National Democratic Police Party (NDPP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said they would contest the ensuing election.
The filing of nomination started with the issuance of the election notification by the Election Commission on January 31 and February 7 is the last date for it.

"No nomination paper is filed in the state till Monday," Sinha said.