Mumbai, Nov. 25 -- Sharad Pawar-led NCP Lok Sabha MP representing Baramati and the party's national working president, Supriya Sule, has written to the Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare, alleging that several candidates from non-BJP parties are being forced to withdraw from local civic body election by "vested interests" to ensure "unopposed victories" of BJP candidates.
Tweeting her letter from her official X account on Tuesday, Sule stated that it is a "worrying trend" where candidates are getting "elected unopposed" in the run-up to the local civic body elections after being forced out of the contest through "threats, pressure and coercion".
Significantly, Sule wrote to the Maharashtra State Election Commissioner ...