The Election Commission on Wednesday, 1 May, cancelled the nomination of Tej Bahadur Yadav, Samajwadi Party’s new Varanasi candidate, a day after it issued notice to him over a discrepancy in his affidavits.
According to the EC, Yadav who was dismissed from service in 2017 after being found guilty of indiscipline, was required to submit a no-objection certificate from the army, giving reasons for his dismissal.
The commission also said in the first set of papers filed as an independent candidate on 24 April, Yadav had mentioned that he was dismissed from the Border Security Force. However, in the second set of papers submitted by him on 29 April – this time as the Samajwadi Party nominee for the Lok Sabha seat – Yadav omitted the information on his dismissal.
The EC, on Wednesday, claimed that both the clarifications from Yadav were not submitted on time, resulting in cancellation of his nomination.