NOMINATION FOR ELECTION - Whether mere obtaining a nomination form without more makes a person a political aspirant; effect of failure to submit same
HELD:
"... the Respondent who obtained a nomination form in February 2020 ostensibly to enable him contest the post of State Youth Leader at "the state congress that was to be conducted in April 2020" as stated in Exhibit E, did not return/submit his nomination form at all material times.
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