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Sonia Gandhi, A Raja, filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar file nominations

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, 2G scam tainted A Raja of DMK and two Union Ministers were among candidates who filed nominations today for the sixth and seventh phases of Lok Sabha elections.Gandhi entered

Meena's younger brother and BJP candidate H C Meena and sitting MLA Dr Kirori Lal Meena also filed their nominations from Dausa.

Former Telecom Minister Raja, seeking a re-election from the Nilgiris (SC) constituency, was among 120 candidates who filed papers for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, taking the total number of nominations so far to 318.  

Former Lok Sabha MP M Ramadass was among four candidates who filed nominations for lone Lok Sabha in Puducherry. Aam Aadmi Party nominee V Rangarajan, S Krishnamoorthy of Bahujan Samaj party and an Independent candidate also filed their papers, taking the total number of nominations to seven.

Other prominent candidates who entered the poll fray in Tamil Nadu included BJP state unit President Pon Radhakrishnan from Kanyakumari, former Union Minister and Congress leader EVKS Elangovan from Tiruppur seat.

In Jammu and Kashmir, NC sitting MP Mehboob Beg filed his nomination from Anantnag. The filing of nomination will continue till April 5 for the sixth phase and April 9 for the next phase.