Rajkot: Congress lost one seat even before the election are held for the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC). Meanwhile, drama over scrutiny of nominations continued at the old and new collector offices on Monday.
The returning officer disqualified Congress’s candidate Bharat Shiyal nominated from ward 1 and Naran Savseta of ward 4. Savseta was disqualified because he had three children and Shiyal’s form got rejected because of technical reasons. There was a mistake in the mandate issued to him by Congress.
Ashok Dangar, Congress city president told TOI, “There was some mistake in mandate issued to Shiyal, so his form got rejected. However, the dummy candidate Savseta has been chosen. We will contest polls on 71 seats.”
Aggressive support continued to create scene outside the collector office as both BJP and Congress’s party leaders argued with scrutiny officers over their rival’s candidature.
Ex-MLA Indranil Rajguru alleged, “There was a pressure from the BJP on the scrutiny officers to reject Congress candidate’s form.”