This came a week after the BJP won the Surat seat unopposed as the polling officer disqualified the Congress candidate and others withdrew their nominations.
By Scroll Staff
Congress’ candidate Akshay Kanti Bam from Madhya Pradesh’s Indore Lok Sabha constituency withdrew his nomination and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, NDTV reported.
Monday was the last day of withdrawal of nominations for the Indore seat. Polling will be held in the constituency in the fourth phase on May 13.
Sharing an image alongside Bam on social media, BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that the leader had been inducted into the party.
The Indore Lok Sabha constituency has been held by the BJP since 1989. The Hindutva party’s Shankar Lalwani had won the seat by more than 5.4 lakh votes in 2019.
On the day of scrutiny of nominations, the BJP legal cell had objected to Bam’s nomination form not mentioning an attempt to murder charge against him in a 17-year-old case, the Hindustan Times reported. The district collector, however, overruled the objection stating that the charge was added on the day of filing of the nomination.
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