Team News Riveting
Bhopal, April 29
After the Surat fiasco, Congress today suffered another setback as its Lok Sabha candidate from the Indore constituency Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination ahead of the May 13 polling.
Interestingly, the decision of Bam comes five days after a court in Indore had asked for adding a 307 (attempt to murder) charge in a 2007 case related to a land dispute against him, his father and others.
The BJP marked its first victory in Lok Sabha polls last week from the Surat seat in Gujarat after the nomination form of the Congress’ candidate Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected over discrepancies and other contestants also opted out of the race, which ensured BJP nominee Mukesh Dalal getting a walkover.
Indore’s Collector Ashish Singh verified Bam’s withdrawal of nomination, a process that was documented via videography to uphold transparency. Today was the last day of withdrawal of nominations.
“Three candidates, including Congress’ Bam, withdrew their nominations today as per the due procedure. The process has also been videographed,” Singh said.
After Bam opted out of the race, the Congress in Delhi said there was a “threat to democracy”.
