Last date for filing of nomination for the bypolls fixed on May 10

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The bugle has been sounded for another round of ballot of ballots with the notification for bypolls to Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur Assembly seats being issued by respective district administrations of Shamli and Bijnore on Thursday.
As per the notification, the last date for filing of nomination for the bypolls has been fixed on May 10. Scrutiny of papers will be done the next day and the last date of withdrawal will be May 14. Polling for both sats will be held on May 28 and results will be announced on May 31. 
“With the notification being issued on Thursday, Model Code of Conduct has been imposed in fve Assembly segments of Kairana Lok Sabha seast and the lone Noorrpur constituency,” an official said.
Kairana has five Assembly segments in Shamli, Thana Bhawan, Kairana, Gangoh and Nakur.
The Kairana bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting BJP MP Hukum Singh while Nurpur Assembly seat was vacated after two- time BJP MLA, Lokendra Singh died in a car accident on Lucknow-Agra Expressway on February 21.
The BJP is likely to play the emotional  card in this election and is set to field late Hukum Singh’s daughter Mriganka Singh from Kairana Lok Sabha seat and Lokendra Singh’s widow  could be fielded from Noorpur segment while the opposition was yet to finalise its candidates.