Former BSF soldier Tej Bahadur Yadav quit the Jannayak Janta Party on Saturday, accusing it of betraying the Haryana voters by extending support to the BJP in forming the government.
As the Haryana Assembly elections are around the corner, the polling campaign is in full swing. Karnal is currently held by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. In the 2014 Haryana Assembly elections, Khattar had defeated Jai Parkash Gupta. Manohar Lal Khattar had bagged 58.78 per cent of the votes.
Tej Bahadur Yadav, sacked BSF trooper, will contest against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the October 21 Assembly elections.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Yadav, said, as per earlier verdict of the apex court, the election petition can be filed during enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct.
The top court has asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to examine by Thursday (May 9) the plea filed by Yadav.
Recently, the Election Commission (EC) cancelled the nomination of former trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was set to contest from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The nomination of Tej Bahadur Yadav, Samajwadi Party candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, was rejected on Wednesday.
Yesterday, Varanasi district Returning Officer (RO) issued a notice to Tej Bahadur to furnish a certificate on whether or not he was dismissed from the service for corruption or disloyalty to the government.
BJP has not responded on Tej Bahadur Yadav's allegations. Yadav was previously dismissed from the BSF after complaining on social media of poor quality food being served to soldiers. He now wishes to fight Lok Sabha elections against PM Modi in Varanasi.
The Samajwadi Party on Monday changed its candidate from Varanasi, giving the ticket to sacked BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav.
Yadav was dismissed from the service in 2017 after releasing a video on social media about the unpalatable food served to soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir.
Yadav, in uniform and carrying his service rifle, had in January posted a video on Facebook, picked by other social media platforms, claiming poor quality food like watery 'dal' and burnt 'chapatis' were being served to the troops
Today’s development assumes significance because Yadav had sought voluntary retirement from his service, which was rejected the BSF earlier. The dismissal may affect the pension of the jawan.
The intelligence agencies are keeping a close watch on multiple Facebook accounts linked to BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav for allegedly having several 'friends' from Pakistan. Yadav on January 9 had posted a video on
The wife of a BSF jawan, who went public through the social media alleging poor quality food being served to soldiers, today filed a habeas corpus plea in the Delhi High Court claiming that her husband is untraceable
The Border Security Force (BSF) today categorically rejected reports that jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who had last month created a storm by sharing videos online alleging poor food quality, has been arrested and his voluntary retirement request has been
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that poor quality of food and logistics are served to jawans posted along border areas in Jammu and Kashmir.
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