Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, Akshay Kanti Bam has withdrawn his nomination from the poll race on Monday.
An official at the State Election Commission confirmed that Bam has withdrawn his candidature.
The Congress had fielded Bam against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani from the Indore Lok Sabha seat, where polling will be held on May 13 in the fourth phase.
Senior BJP leader and MLA from Indore, Kailash Vijayvargiya, welcomed him to join the party. “We welcome Shri Akshay Kanti Bam ji, Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore in BJP, under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, National President JP Nadda and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and State President VD Sharma, ” he said in a post on X.
Vijayvargiya also shared a picture with Bam in a car.
Earlier this month, Congress’ Surat candidate Nilesh Kumbhani dropped out of the poll race as his candidature was rejected after the district returning officer prima facie found discrepancies in the signature of the proposers. Then, the nomination form of Congress’ substitute candidate, Suresh Padsala, was also declared invalid. Following this, on April 22, BJP’s Mukesh Dalal, won uncontested.
