Mumbai: State election commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said on Tuesday the video footage received by them of state assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar did not establish anything. Opposition candidates accused Narwekar of threatening them to withdraw their nominations while the process was on in Colaba.“The footage we received so far did not establish anything. We asked for additional footage, and we asked the election observer for a report,” said Waghmare. Polls for 29 municipal corporations including Mumbai are due on Jan 15.The SEC already held the conduct of the Colaba returning officer Krishna Jadhav, who did not allow the AAP candidate to file her nomination, was prima facie correct. Jadhav rejected the nomination because, although the candidate was in his office premises, she was not in his cabin as required by the rules. “Prima facie, the RO does not seem to have made a mistake. Those aggrieved by his order will have to file a writ in the high court or an election petition,” said Waghmare.He also said during the model code of conduct for the municipal corporation elections, a sum of Rs 7 crore was seized. Also, 2.3 lakh litres of alcohol and narcotics worth Rs 54.8 crores were seized, and 95 weapons were seized. As many as 341 complaints of violations of the model code of conduct were filed.
