Mumbai, Dec 1 || With campaigning for the elections to the nagar parishads and nagar panchayats ending at 10:00 PM tonight, and voting scheduled for December 2, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appealed to the State Election Commission to reconsider the revised election schedule issued on November 29.
The revised schedule calls for a re-election for approximately 24 posts of Nagar Parishad chiefs and 204 posts of members across various Nagar Parishads and Nagar Panchayats in the state.
The State BJP chief, Ravindra Chavan, in his letter to the SEC, has objected to the blanket implementation of this order, arguing that the decision to postpone the elections at the final stage of campaigning and one day before polling is inappropriate.
Chavan highlighted several issues with the SEC’s November 29 order.
“In places like Wardha District, the party asserts that all appeal decisions were finalised before the allotment of election symbols and the publication of Form-7. The BJP believes the November 29 order should not apply in such cases,” said Chavan.