Ex-BSF jawan after his nomination is rejected: Modi ji is scared

Former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur with his supporters after filing his nomination in Varanasi last week. Pic/PTI

Varanasi: The nomination of former BSF constable and Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav, who filed his papers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, was rejected on Wednesday after he failed to submit a certificate.

The Returning Officer Surendra Singh on Tuesday had issued a notice to Yadav, asking him to submit the certificate of whether or not he was dismissed from the service for corruption or disloyalty to the government.

"You have not submitted the certificate with your nomination papers. You are directed through this notice to submit the aforementioned certificate till 11 am on May 1," the notice read.

Yadav, however, has alleged foul play and said that he would knock the doors of the Supreme Court today. "My nomination has been rejected wrongly. I was asked to produce a certificate at 6.15 pm on Tuesday. We produced the evidence, but my nomination was rejected," he said.

Yadav alleged that the RO, also the district magistrate of Varanasi, of being under pressure. "A person who has been dismissed from service from state or Central governments within the last five years has to obtain a certificate that he or she has not been dismissed due to disloyalty or corruption," Singh said. Yadav alleged that he was given a very short period to submit the certificate. "Modi ji is scared," he alleged.

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