New Delhi. This is the first reaction from the Congress after the nomination papers of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani were rejected in Surat. Congress leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that Congress has asked the Election Commission to postpone the Surat elections. Singhvi said that we have told the Election Commission that level opportunities are not being created in Surat. We demand that elections in Surat be postponed. Singhvi said the returning officer of Surat parliamentary constituency canceled the nomination of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani on the grounds that his proposers had claimed that they were forced to nominate Kumbhani.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that after this complaint, the whereabouts of the proponents is not known and it is suspected that they have been kidnapped. Despite the uncertain circumstances, the Returning Officer passed the order to cancel the nomination of Nilesh Kumbhani.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 22, 2024, 17:30 IST