Tribune News Service
Lucknow, April 29
Hours before nomination for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha election closed on Monday, the Samajwadi Party sprung a surprise by announcing the candidature of dismissed BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav as the Mahagatbandhan contender against PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
A few weeks ago, Yadav had announced to take on PM Modi in Varanasi as an Independent, giving an interesting twist to Modi’s continuous discourse on nationalism post Pulwama attack and India’s retaliation in Balakot.
Earlier, the alliance had named Shalini Yadav as its candidate who is the daughter-in-law of a former Congress Rajya Sabha MP. She had lost a mayoral election from Varanasi.
She also filed her nomination on Monday. According to a SP source, Shalini Yadav will remain the back-up candidate.
In January 2017, Tej Bahadur Yadav had posted four videos on his Facebook complaining about the unpalatable food at his camp along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Alleging that senior officials illegally sold off the food supplies meant for the troopers, Yadav had complained of being mentally tortured for protesting about the food.
While the Bahujan Samaj Party initially dismissed Yadav’s allegations, he was later fired after three-month-long proceedings at a summary court-martial held in Samba.
Complained about poor food
- In January 2017, Tej Bahadur Yadav had posted four videos on his Facebook complaining about the unpalatable food at his camp along the Indo-Pakistan border in J&K
- Alleging that senior officials illegally sold off the food supplies meant for the troopers, Yadav had complained of being mentally tortured for protesting about the food
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2WifxNC
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