Passage 1
The BJP’s candidate from the Surat Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat has been declared elected unopposed. This follows the rejection of the nomination paper of the candidate set up by the Congress party and the withdrawal of nominations by other candidates.
In the present case, the candidate of the Congress party for the Surat constituency, Nilesh Kumbhani had filed three sets of nomination papers. The proposers for these three nomination papers were his brother-in-law, nephew and business partner. A BJP worker objected to Mr. Kumbhani’s nomination alleging that the signatures of his proposers were not genuine. The RO also received affidavits from the proposers claiming that they had not signed the nomination papers of the candidate. He sought reply/clarification from the candidate within a day on the objections raised. As the proposers could not be produced before the RO within the stipulated time for scrutiny, all three sets of nomination papers were rejected.
Source – https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/why-was-mu
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Passage 2
National broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) has changed the colour of its historic flagship logo from red.
Political parties accused the public broadcaster of adopting a colour closely associated with the ruling political party, especially because the change was made in the middle of the election process. DD said the change was only one of visual aesthetics.
The change in the colour of Doordarshan’s logo last week triggered criticism from opposition parties who accused the public broadcaster of adopting a colour closely associated with the ruling BJP, especially because the change was made in the middle of the election process.
Source- https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-hi
