1. Lok Sabha Secretary General P D T Achary has been appointed Returning Officer for the election.

2. "He will be questioned today after his name cropped up during interrogation of another accused Anjum Phajalani", DCP (Detection) D T Shinde said.

3. D T Jayakumar of JD (S) has said that it is too late to go back on its intent to boot out the Congress government.

4. All the four sets of nomination papers of Patil and two sets of Shekhawat were found valid on scrutiny, Lok Sabha Secretary General, P D T Achary, who is also the Returning Officer, announced at a press conference.

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