Jammu, March 30 -- After the scrutiny of the nomination papers of candidates for the Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat, the papers of three covering candidates of different parties were rejected by the returning officer on this parliamentary seat.

These include candidates of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Congress, and Bahujan Samaj Party.

A total of 15 candidates had filed their nomination papers for the Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat which included big names like BJP candidate Dr. Jitendra Singh, Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh and Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) candidate Ghulam Muhammad Saroori.

Other candidates belonged to smaller parties and independents.

The filing of nomination papers ended on March 27 and on March 28...