Lucknow, Oct. 8 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday rejected the nominations of the two independent candidates for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha in UP, including Omkar Nath Chaurasiya and Kante Sayanna, during scrutiny. According to rules for an independent candidate, 10 proposers are required to sign the nomination papers before the returning officers. According to the returning officer, the nomination papers of the independent candidates were rejected because both failed to fulfill neceassry technical requirements and mandatory proposers.htc...