MUMBAI, Jan. 3 -- As many as 68 candidates from the three major ruling parties in the Mahayuti alliance in the state are set to be elected unopposed in crucial elections to 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. Opposition parties are crying foul, alleging that the ruling BJP, Sena and NCP had either intimidated rival candidates, coercing them to withdraw from the fray, or used inducements to get them to pull their nominations at the eleventh hour. The highest number of candidates with no opponents is in the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) - 22 - hometown of Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan. With an unprecedented number of candidates facing no opposition, the State Election Commission (SEC) has instructed returning officers not to announce the winners in these wards, until an investigation is completed. P3...