India, Jan. 3 -- A delegation of 12 candidates from parties such as the Janata Dal, the MNS, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), and the Republican Party of India (Gavai faction), apart from independents, met municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani on Friday evening to complain that they were not allowed to fill their nomination forms in Wards 225, 226 and 227 in South Mumbai and demand that they be allowed to file them now.

The delegation, led by former MP Haribhau Rathod, accused Maharashtra legislative assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar of deliberately scuttling several candidatures to ensure unopposed victory for his family members-brother Makarand Narwekar, sister-in-law Harshita Narwekar and cousin Gaurvi Shivalkar-who are contesting fro...