RANCHI: Ending a day of suspense, returning officer (RO) Ranjit Kumar on Wednesday declared the nomination of NDA-backed Independent candidate and outgoing Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh, Parimal Nathwani, as “valid”, rejecting a series of objections raised by the Congress that had led the process to be briefly put on hold.

Nathwani, the Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh, filed his nomination papers for one of the two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand on Monday. | India News

In Jharkhand, Congress alleged discrepancies in the nomination papers of Parimal Nathwani, BJP-backed independent nominee for the Rajya Sabha polls, and lodged a complaint with…