The bypoll in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, which straddles the Gujarat and Maharashtra border, has been necessitated by the alleged suicide of incumbent MP Mohan Delkar in February.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli were ruled by the Portuguese till an armed revolution liberated them, and the Tricolour was unfurled at Silvassa on 2 August 1954.
Abhinav Delkar, son of ex-Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar, blames UT administrator Praful Patel for his father’s death. He has written to Home Ministry seeking Patel’s removal.
The body of Mohan Delkar, 7-time MP from Dadra & Nagar Haveli, was found hanging in a Mumbai hotel room on 22 Feb. His 15-page 'suicide note' named Patel & several govt officials.
Administrator Praful Khodabhai Patel, ex-Gujarat home minister, had accused the collector, who is also returning officer for the polls, of ‘unbecoming conduct’.
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