Candidate disqualified for not paying property tax

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Candidate disqualified for not paying property tax

Himanshu.Kaushik@timesgroup.com

Ahmedabad:19.02.2021 

After a Congress candidate was disqualified for not having a toilet, the nomination of an independent candidate Krishnakumar Arya (38),who had filed his nomination from Shahpur ward in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, was rejected as he had failed to pay property tax before filing his nomination.

During the scrutiny of the forms, the BJP candidates and leaders took objection to the candidature of Arya and submitted that Arya has not paid his property tax and has defaulted. Also, it was submitted that Arya who is a resident of Lakhajini Chali near Shahpur Darwaza, also does not have a toilet.

Arya claimed that he had a toilet at his residence and he asked the returning officer to form a five-member team and check at his residence. “The objection was then dropped, but later the BJP pressed for the charges that I have not paid my property tax and hence when I realised that the tax was due, I did not press further. I had forgotten to pay the corporation taxes which were nearing Rs 8000,” he said. Officials said that as per the election rules, the candidate cannot have any due of the government or the body for which he is contesting the elections for. “If any person has any due his candidature can be rejected.”

Arya who is a painting artist claims to have organised exhibition not only within the country but even abroad. Arya has completed graduation in Painting from CN Fine Arts and is now pursuing his masters also from CN Fine Arts.