Did Surat Election Violate Supreme Court's NOTA Verdict? Poll Body Replies | Read
The Election Commission can intervene if a candidate is pressured into withdrawing nomination, but not when it's consensual, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said today. He was replying to a question on the poll body's decision to announce BJP's Surat candidate, Mukesh Dalal, elected after the Congress pick's nomination was rejected and the other candidates withdrew nominations.
