The last minute announcement of lists of candidates owing to the tussle between the major political parties and the inauspicious Shradh Paksha period that took away four days of nomination, have left most candidates in a chaotic rush on the last two days.

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As nominations came to an end on Saturday afternoon, a few perturbed candidates blamed the lengthy nomination forms for the chaos. At Bandra (E) collector office, one of the nominees stated that process had become difficult, saying: "There are too many technical details to be filled for which one needs a lawyer or an expert. Why can't the forms be made simpler?"

Several candidates complained about having columns seeking details of their Facebook accounts, Twitter handles, website, etc. "With every passing election, the commission is introducing new columns to the form. It started with assets and criminal cases, but has now moved on to seeking too many redundant details," said another independent candidate, contesting from Bhandup.

Ajay Digpaul, a senior lawyer and part of BJP's legal cell that assists party candidates in filling these forms, said that it is the lengthy calculation of assets of self and family that usually consumes most of the time. However, he agreed that people do have the right to know these details.

Previously, many candidates could walk away while submitting incomplete forms. However, it was a recent supreme court order that tightened the noose around the candidates. Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the SC ruled that the returning officer can reject a candidate's nomination papers for non-disclosure and suppression of information, including that of assets and their criminal background. The apex court said that voters have the fundamental right to know about their candidates and leaving columns blank in the nomination paper amounts to violation of that right.