AGENCIES/ Lucknow
The Election Commission TODAY issued a notice to Tej Bahadur Yadav, the Samajwadi Party candidate in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat directing him to file his response by 11 am on May 1.
Yadav has been asked by the Returning Officer to furnish clarification on why he ticked ‘No’ in the nomination papers where he was asked whether he was dismissed by any central or state agency in any corruption charges.
The Samajwadi Party had yesterday changed its Varanasi candidate and named ex-BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav as the candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Yadav, who hails from Haryana’s Rewari, was dismissed from the service in 2017 after he complained about the poor quality of food served to troops.
“I was sacked for raising the issue of corruption. My sole objective will be to strengthen and eliminate corruption in the forces,” Yadav had told the media after the SP announced his candidature.