Patna: Former MP Sadhu Yadav yesterday withdrew his nomination as candidate from Bihar’s Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency, saying he will not contest the polls this time to help the ruling Janata Dal-United candidate in the fray.
“I have withdrawn my nomination as an Independent candidate. I will not contest the polls,” Yadav told media persons here.
Yadav, brother of former chief minister Rabri Devi and brother-in-law of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, praised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“I strongly feel that Nitish Kumar is a better leader than others in Bihar and across the country,” he said.
Yadav had earlier announced he would contest the Lok Sabha polls against Rabri Devi from Saran constituency, but later decided to contest from Maharajganj.
Legal action against 350 for Bengal blast: EC
Kolkata: Legal action has been initiated against 350 people for Monday’s blast that killed two people in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, an Election Commission (EC) official said here yesterday.
The blast took place in Kushumgaria village. Two people were killed when some explosives kept inside their house exploded.
According to the police, prima facie it appeared they were trying to make bombs.
The incident has come under the EC’s scanner. “Prosecution has been started against 350 people under the Explosive Substances Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code,” Amit Roy Chowdhury, officer on special duty in the West Bengal chief electoral officer’s office, told reporters here.
The police also seized a motorbike at the site of the explosion.
Meanwhile, Arpita Ghosh, Trinamool Congress candidate from Balurghat, has lodged a complaint with the poll panel alleging a Left Front activist has used inappropriate language against her on Facebook.
The district magistrate has replied to Ghosh, Chowdhury said.
IANS
