Poll authorities accept nominations of Gambhir & Bidhuri after overruling AAP's objections

The AAP on Wednesday approached the poll authorities raising objections over "shortcomings" in the documents submitted by BJP's Lok Sabha poll candidates from Delhi -- Gautam Gambhir and Ramesh Bidhuri -- prompting the saffron party to term its rival "frustrated".

The Returning Officer of East Delhi rejected the objections raised by the AAP over Gambhir's papers, saying these cannot be "sustained", while the South Delhi RO said Bidhuri's nomination has been "examined and accepted".

AAP's East Delhi candidate Atishi claimed that date on the stamp paper and the ones mentioned over the notarial stamps in Gambhir's two nominations filed on Tuesday were different.

Arvinder Singh Lovely, the Congress candidate from East Delhi, also raised similar objections.

In case of Bidhuri, his AAP rival Raghav Chadha raised objections over what he claimed were "glaring discrepancies" in the BJP candidate's election affidavit and said he will move High Court to challenge the RO's decision.

Hitting out at the AAP, BJP's East Delhi Lok Sabha in-charge Rajiv Babbar said this reflected that Atishi already accepted her defeat which prompted her to file "frivolous" objections related to Gambhir's affidavit.

"Atishi raised objection over notary date on Gambhir's affidavit. Our advocates presented the register to clear the thing. Apparently, her objection has now been rejected," he said