BJP candidate won unopposed in Surat, Congress said- this match fixing
Amidst the Lok Sabha elections, good news has come from Gujarat for the Bharatiya Janata Party. After the cancellation of nomination of Congress candidate from Surat Lok Sabha seat, the remaining 8 candidates have also withdrawn their names, after which BJP has won unopposed. With this, BJP’s account has also been opened in the Lok Sabha elections. BJP candidate from here is Mukesh Dalal. Congress raised questions on this and said that this is match fixing.
In fact, Nilesh Kumbhani, the Congress candidate from Surat Lok Sabha seat, could not present even one of his three proposers before the election officer, after which the election officer canceled the nomination form of Nilesh Kumbhani. BJP had raised questions about the signatures of three proposers of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani in his form.
Congress said match fixing
At the same time, Congress has put the blame on the government for rejecting the nomination. Congress said that everyone is scared in front of the government’s threat. Congress leader and advocate Babu Mangukiya said that our three proposers have been kidnapped, the election officer should investigate the kidnapping and not whether the forms have been signed or not. He said that it is wrong to cancel the form without telegraphing the signatures, it is wrong to cancel the form without checking whether the signatures of the proposers are correct or incorrect.
Whereas Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has called it a match fix. He wrote on X, “Democracy is in danger. You understand the chronology. Surat District Election Officer rejected the nomination of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani for Surat Lok Sabha due to “discrepancies in verification of signatures of three proposers”. On similar grounds, officials rejected the nomination of Congress’s substitute candidate from Surat, Suresh Padsala. Congress party is left without a candidate. Except BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal, all the other candidates withdrew their nominations. The BJP candidate from Surat Lok Sabha seat was declared “elected unopposed” on April 22, 2024, almost two weeks before voting on May 7, 2024. The distress and anger of MSME owners and businessmen during Modi’s other times has scared the BJP so badly that they are attempting to “match-fix” the Surat Lok Sabha, which they have been winning continuously since the 1984 Lok Sabha elections. Has won! Our elections, our democracy, Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution – all are in a generational threat. This is the most important election of our lifetime!”
The proponents gave an affidavit – not our signatures
Whereas Nilesh Kumbhani’s proposer claimed to have the signatures of his brother-in-law, nephew and partner, but all three proposers had given an affidavit in front of the election officer yesterday saying that Nilesh Kumbhani’s form did not have his signature, after which all three proposers were missing. Have become.
The election officer had also made a video recording of the request of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani’s proposer, his brother-in-law Jagdish Savalia, his nephew Dhruvin Dhamelia and partner Ramesh Pollara. Following the claim of the proponents, the election officer had given one day’s time to Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani to reply. Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani had come with his advocate to answer the election officer, but not a single one of the three proposers was present. Let us tell you that the country’s former PM Morarji Desai was MP from Surat Lok Sabha seat of Gujarat 5 times, but Surat Lok Sabha seat has been held by BJP since 1989.
