MALDA, April 27: Age seems to be a bar, this election. The date of birth of Miss Mausam Noor, Congress candidate for North Malda parliamentary constituency, is 15 October 1979, but her nomination papers had a different story to tell. On 3 April, when she filed her papers to contest the forthcoming elections, her form~ Form 2-A, read that she was twenty seven.
This has sparked off fresh controversy, especially in the light of Mr Pranab Mukherjee's remark that Miss Noor was a little girl. The external affairs minister had made the comment while campaigning in Gazole a few days back.
Taking advantage of this, BJP candidate for North Malda, Mr Amlan Bhaduri said: “Why did she suppress her original age in the nomination paper? Did she submit another affidavit about her age? Election Commission should change its form and should ask all candidates to mention date of birth in future".
Clearing her stand, Miss Noor said: “My date of birth is 15 Oct 1979. But in the electoral roll, it has been mentioned as 27".
Her chief election agent too supported her stand. “I know she is 29 year old. She declared her age based on voters’ list to avoid any controversy. Age is not the factor here because she declared ‘I have completed 27 years of age’ in Form 2(A)." n SNS
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