A day after she filed her nomination papers for presidentship of the Angar Nagar Parishad in Solapur district amid tight police security, the nomination form of NCP candidate Ujwala Thite was on Tuesday rejected by the returning officer on the ground that it did not contain the signature of the proposer. While the Ajit Pawar-led NCP alleged foulplay, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said they will seek a report from District Collector Kumar Ashirwad.

“My nomination form was rejected today. I was told by election officials that it was rejected because there was no signature of the proposer. However, signature of my son was very much there on the nomination form,” Ujwala told The Indian Express . Her form was declared invalid during scrutiny of papers.

However, her son — the p

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