Assam polls: Former MLA hospitalised after nomination gets rejected
GUWAHATI: A former Assam MLA has been hospitalised hours after his nomination for Assembly elections was rejected. Alok Kumar Ghosh, who had earlier suffered heart-related ailments, has got an implanted pacemaker. Ghose, who served as an MLA for two years after winning a by-election in 2004, had filed his nomination from the Mariani seat as a candidate of newly-floated Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP). Two pages of the nomination were apparently found missing by the Returning Officer. The 62-year-old Ghose, a party hopper, was with the ruling BJP. He wanted to contest as its candidate but was denie...