Patiala, Dec. 5 -- With Patiala Police facing allegations of conspiring to stop opposition candidates from filing papers, multiple incidents of obstruction and snatching of nomination documents were reported across the district on the last day of the filing of nominations for the Block Samiti and Zila Parishad elections scheduled for December 14.

The elections are scheduled to be held across 23 Zila Parishad seats and 184 zones of 10 Block Samitis.

In several blocks of Patiala district, torn nomination forms belonging to opposition candidates were found scattered on roads, deepening the political storm over the conduct of the election process.

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