Overview
- At a Sunday press conference, Congress in-charge Manikrao Thakare accused the BJP and local officials of orchestrating the rejection of most opposition nominations to skew the local body elections.
- Thakare claimed nearly 80 percent of Congress nomination papers were disqualified in Dadra and Nagar Haveli while none from the BJP were rejected, with a similar pattern asserted in Daman and Diu.
- According to Congress figures, only four of 21 party nominations for the District Council were accepted out of 26 filed overall, and 11 of 12 Congress nominations for the Municipal Council were rejected.
- Congress alleged procedural hurdles blocked access to proper filings, saying nomination forms were not posted when the window opened on October 10, the document list appeared only on October 13, staff were unavailable due to training, and scrutiny removed many remaining candidates.
- Reports noted there was no immediate response from the Union Territory Election Commission or the BJP, leaving the claims unverified pending any official reply or inquiry.