Ex-BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur Moves SC Challenging ECI's Rejection Of His Nomination From Varanasi [Read Petition]

Ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Returning Officer to reject his nomination as from Varanasi constituency, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-election.Yadav, who was dismissed from Border Security Force in 2017 for allegedly making false complaints about food quality, had filed his papers on April 29 as a. Ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Returning Officer to reject his nomination as from Varanasi constituency, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-election. Yadav, who was dismissed from Border Security Force in 2017 for allegedly making false complaints about food quality, had filed his papers on April 29 as a candidate of the Samajwadi Party. The Returning Officer also observed that "the nomination paper is neither accompanied by certificate issued in the prescribed manner by the Election Commission to the effect that he has not been dismissed for corruption or disloyalty to the state". "It seems the impugned decision has been taken keeping in mind the sensitivity of the contest in Varanasi Constituency and to give walkover to the candidate of the ruling party by disqualifying the Petitioner whose candidature was gaining momentum and was therefore also supported by the main opposition alliance of two major political parties in the state", the petition states, terming the rejection "arbitrary, erroneous and mala fide".