January 8, 2018 7:19 AM

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EC asks AAP's Rajya Sabha candidate ND Gupta to appear before it today over allegations of holding office of profit

The Returning Officer of Rajya Sabha election has asked Aam Aadmi Party candidate N D Gupta to appear before him today over an allegation of holding the office of profit. <br/><br/>Earlier, the Congress had filed a complaint against the AAP candidate in Delhi demanding rejection of his candidature for the upper house as he holds an office of profit as a trustee of the National Pension System. <br/><br/>Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken had claimed that Mr Gupta was appointed as the trustee of the government-owned National Pension Scheme Trust in 2015 and he still holds this office and therefore he is ineligible to contest the elections.<br/><br/>Along with AAP candidates Sanjay Singh and Sushil Gupta, N D Gupta had filed their nominations on Thursday.<br/><br/>

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