Mumbai, Dec 12 (PTI) Candidates contesting the upcoming municipal corporation, zilla parishad and panchayat samiti polls in Maharashtra will be permitted to file their nomination papers offline, State Election Commissioner (SEC) Dinesh Waghmare said on Friday.

Waghmare said offline filing of nominations had earlier been allowed for municipal council and nagar panchayat polls, held on December 2, following requests from candidates and political parties.

He was speaking at a meeting of representatives of recognised political parties organised at the State Election Commission (SEC) office.

SEC secretary Suresh Kakani, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) additional commissioner Ashwini Joshi and officials from several civic bodies attended the meeting, an official release said.

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