CEC on Surat seat: Can’t intervene if candidates withdraw on their own

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Monday said the Election Commission could not intervene if candidates withdrew from polls on their own.

He was responding to a question on the BJP’s uncontested win from the Surat Lok Sabha seat.

“If other candidates decide to withdraw, what can we do? If they have been pressured, then we have a role,” he said.