Candidates claim they were under pressure to withdraw from Gandhinagar LS contest
Ahmedabad, May 3: Three candidates have claimed that they were under pressure to withdraw their nominations from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency with one of them accusing "people associated with the BJP" of threatening him, a charge strongly denied by the ruling party.
Jitendra Chauhan, who has since withdrawn from the fray, said in a video that went viral last month that "people associated with the BJP" had been threatening him after he filed his nomination as a candidate of the 'Akhil Bhartiya Parivar Party'.
Jayendra Rathod, an independent, said he withdrew his candidature due to "soft pressure" by BJP leaders who said they wanted to keep the number of candidates in the fray low. "After having a word with my uncle, I withdrew my candidature; no one threatened me for that," he told reporters.
Sumitra Maurya, candidate of Prajatantra Aadhar Party who is still in the fray, claimed in a video shot at Somnath that ever since she filed her nomination papers, some people were calling and threatening her, and police were following her when she arrived in the temple town.
Denying the allegations, Gujarat BJP spokesperson Yamal Vyas said sitting MP and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the party's candidate from the seat, does not need to resort to such tactics, and the BJP never indulges in such practices.
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Guwahati, May 19: Persistent rain on Sunday delayed the toss and start of the last IPL league match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders here on Sunday.
The rain, which has played spoilsport in the last few IPL games, came back to frustrate the fans and players alike with almost the entire ground under covers here at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.
The match would most likely be a truncated affair, given that the cutoff time for a full match to be played was 8:30 pm.
The Sanju Samson-led Royals have slipped from second on the points table to third following Sunrisers Hyderabad's four-wicket win against Punjab Kings in Hyderabad earlier in the day.
Weather permitting, the Royals would hope to beat KKR and reclaim the No 2 spot on the table.
