Nagpur: Excessive drama was witnessed on the collectorate right here as former Maharashtra minister Anees Ahmed, given ticket by the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi to contest Nagpur Central seat, missed the deadline for submitting nomination by just some minutes.
Ahmed, a Gandhi household loyalist who gained the Nagpur Central seat 3 times up to now on Congress ticket, stayed put on the collectorate until 8 pm on Tuesday, the final day of submitting nominations for the state meeting polls, however in useless as his type was not accepted.
The deadline for submitting of nominations for the November 20 state polls was 3 pm on Tuesday.
Speaking to PTI, Ahmed claimed he needed to face varied obstacles like highway closure, vehicular restrictions and safety protocols on the workplace of the Returning Officer (RO) on Tuesday.
The previous minister additionally stated he was occupied through the day in securing related paperwork for the submission and reached the collectorate earlier than the three pm deadline.
His associates had been sitting there along with his token quantity however he was not allowed contained in the RO’s workplace, Ahmed claimed.
Questions had been being raised as to how the senior chief might miss the deadline and there have been speculations that the Congress high brass made efforts to persuade him to not contest.
Ahmed not too long ago resigned from the Congress. This had led to issues within the Congress camp about the potential of his candidature splitting the Muslim votes and denting the grand previous social gathering’s prospects whereas favouring the BJP.
The Congress this time didn’t discipline Ahmed from Nagpur Central constituency, which has a substantial Muslim inhabitants, and renominated Bunty Shelke, who narrowly misplaced to the BJP in 2019.
Ahmed was not initially eager on combating the election, however later pitched for a ticket from the Congress, claiming Muslim leaders wished him to contest the election for the group’s illustration from the seat.
He resigned from the Congress a couple of days again and joined the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in Mumbai on Monday and bought the ‘AB’ from VBA to file nomination from the seat.
The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) had additionally earlier provided the ticket to Ahmed, however he then rejected it claiming loyalty to the Congress.
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