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Politics
Kota Municipal Election: Congress Leader Shalini Gautam Misses Ward 88 Nomination by Two Minutes
✍️ Amar Ujala · Kota
🗓 31 Aug 2026, 09:33 PM
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Congress district president Shalini Gautam filed her nomination for Ward 88 in Kota but was rejected after a two‑minute delay, losing the ticket she expected.
On the last day of filing nominations for the Kota municipal elections, Congress district president Shalini Gautam submitted her paperwork for Ward 88.
She has previously served as a councilor and was actively preparing for the upcoming poll, confident that the party would grant her the ticket.
Election officials, however, declared her nomination invalid because the documents arrived two minutes after the stipulated deadline, and her name was consequently removed from the candidate list.
The episode underscores the rigid enforcement of deadline rules in local elections and forces the Congress to choose another candidate for the ward.
She has previously served as a councilor and was actively preparing for the upcoming poll, confident that the party would grant her the ticket.
Election officials, however, declared her nomination invalid because the documents arrived two minutes after the stipulated deadline, and her name was consequently removed from the candidate list.
The episode underscores the rigid enforcement of deadline rules in local elections and forces the Congress to choose another candidate for the ward.