Congress Indore Candidate Withdraws Lok Sabha Nomination, Kailash Vijayvargiya ‘Welcomes’ Him To BJP – News18

Congress leader Akshay Bam on Monday withdrew his nomination from Indore constituency on Monday, according to reports. An official confirmed the development to news agency PTI.

Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya also tweeted a photo with Bam in his car and said he welcomes the Congress nominee in the party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

It may be noted that today is the last of withdrawing nomination and the polling in Indore will be held on May 13 in phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections.

Earlier, BJP candidate from Gujarat’s Surat, Mukesh Dalal, won the Lok Sabha elections unopposed after the nomination paper of Congress’ pick was rejected and other candidates withdrew from the race. The nomination of the grand old party’s candidate from Surat, Nilesh Kumbhani, was rejected after the district returning officer prima facie found discrepancies in the signature of the proposers. Then, the nomination form of Congress’ substitute candidate, Suresh Padsala, was also declared invalid.

Notably, on the last day of withdrawal of the nomination forms on Monday, as many as 8 candidates which included mostly Independents and Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Pyarelal Bharti, withdrew their papers.

Of the 24 nominations filed, 12 including two Congress’ candidates were rejected while 12 others withdrew.

The last time someone won uncontested in the general election was back in 1989, when Mohammad Shafi Bhat of the National Conference won unopposed from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir.

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