Supreme Court rejects ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav’s plea challenging EC’s decision to cancel his nomination from Varanasi 

Tej Bahadur Yadav.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, rejected former Border Security Force jawan and Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav’s petition challenging the returning officer’s decision to reject his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The RO had rejected his papers citing discrepancies.

The decision came after the apex court, on Wednesday, had directed the Election Commission to “examine the plea again and revert”.

Yadav wanted to contest the poll from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a ticket from the opposition alliance in Uttar Pradesh, comprising the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal.

However, the Election Commission had cancelled his nomination. Yadav had said, “My nomination has been rejected wrongly. I was asked to produce the evidence at 6.15pm, on Tuesday, we produced the evidence, and still my nomination was rejected. We will go to the Supreme Court.”

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