India, Dec. 31 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has complained to the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) about BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar, accusing him of "hijacking and misusing the election machinery in Colaba" to prevent AAP candidate Margaret Da Costa from filing her nomination despite being present in the premises of the returning officer (RO) well before the deadline. State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said that the SEC had called for a report from BMC commissioner Bhushan Gagrani on this.

Mumbai AAP president Preeti Sharma Menon said that the RO acted "illegally at the behest of Rahul Narwekar". "Our Ward No 227 candidate, Margaret Da Costa, who is a senior citizen from the minority community, was not allowed to file her...