In a post on X, Congress general secretary-in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said that the elections and democracy are under a "generational threat".
Mukesh Dalal won the election "unopposed" a day after the nomination of the party's Surat Lok Sabha candidate was rejected on Sunday over alleged discrepancies in the signature of the proposers.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that the BJP is trying to "match-fix" the Surat Lok Sabha polls, which he said they have won consistently since 1984 Lok Sabha elections.
The election officer has cancelled the nomination papers of the Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani from Surat Lok Sabha constituency over alleged "fake signatures of people who signed as witnesses."
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): A Surat-based businessman is stocking up on sarees with photographs of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and the Congress symbol for the ensuing elections.