Reject Fadnavis’ nomination over notary date error: Cong
Nagpur, October 5
The Congress on Saturday demanded rejection of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis’ nomination paper affidavit for the Assembly polls claiming the date of the notary seal on it “expired” last December.
The BJP has dismissed the allegation and said it was a “mistake” on part of the notary. Fadnavis had filed his papers for Nagpur South West seat on Friday.
His Congress opponent Ashish Deshmukh said the seal on the affidavit states that the term of the notary, a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs like witnessing signatures on documents, expired on “28-12-2018”. Deshmukh said returning officer Shekhar Ghadge should have rejected the form as well as Fadnavis’ candidature but had failed to do so, and alleged government pressure for the inaction. — PTI
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