INDORE: The Congress on Tuesday announced that it will not support any other candidate in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore Lok Sabha constituency after the candidate withdrew his nomination at the last minute.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of killing democracy, state Congress president Jitu Patwari has given voters the option to press the NOTA button to teach the ruling BJP a lesson. He said there is.
Voting in Indore is scheduled for May 13.
Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, the last day of withdrawal. “By killing democracy in Indore on April 29, the Bharatiya Janata Party has turned the cleanest city in the country into the most politically polluted city,” Patwari told reporters at the Indore Press Club on Tuesday. “I changed it to ,” he said. Patwari, who hails from Indore district, also said the Congress has decided not to support any other candidate in the constituency.
“The voters of Indore should teach the Bharatiya Janata Party a lesson. The contest now is not between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, but between the values of Indore and the arrogance of the Bharatiya Janata Party,” he said. said.
Patwari added that the party, which believes in the democratic system, is not asking voters to boycott the elections, but there is an option called NOTA which will teach the Bharatiya Janata Party a lesson.
He added that the Congress will organize various programs such as candle marches and rallies to apprise the people of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s machinations.
Patwari said he was confused and saddened by Bam’s departure to the Bharatiya Janata Party and could not sleep on Monday night following the day’s developments.
He also alleged that there was a “conspiracy” behind the cancellation of independent candidate Dharmendra Singh Jhala’s nomination in Indore and that the Bharatiya Janata Party was putting pressure on many independent candidates to withdraw their nominations. denounced.
On the joining of Vijaypur Congress MLA Ramniwas Rawat (sixth term) to the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, Patwari said, “May God bless him and make his ambitions come true.” . he should be respected. If he is insulted, we will be sad. ”
(issued May 1, 2024, 01:00 IST)
