BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj rebels against party, fields Arun Singh as independent candidate for ZP polls
BJP leadership cancelled Singh's candidature after Unnao Rape victim wrote to PM, CM
Singh is close aide of Unnao Rape accused, former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar
Lucknow: A day after the BJP high command canceled the ticket of Arun Singh as party’s candidate for Zilla Panchayath chief, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has reportedly rebelled against his own party and has made Arun Singh file nomination as an independent candidate for the post.
The information was shared by senior journalists like the Editor of ABP News Pankaj Jha and Rohini Singh on Twitter.
Arun Singh’s candidature was canceled by the party’s high command following a complaint by the infamous Unnao Rape case’s victim that Singh was close to the accused of the rape case and former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
On Thursday, the Unnao rape victim in Uttar Pradesh wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Narendra Modi, and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, demanding the BJP to change its candidate for the post of the Zila panchayat chairman as she said, he is "very close" to jailed former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
“It is my demand from the party and the government to withdraw Arun Singh's name and declare someone else as its candidate,'' the rape case victim had said in her letter claiming that her life was in danger if Singh was the party gives a ticket to Singh.
The elections for the post of the Zila panchayat chairman are scheduled for July 3. The BJP had replaced Arun Singh with Shakun Singh.
Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a former BJP MLA from Unnao's Bangarmau seat, was accused of rape by the victim in 2017. A Delhi court had sentenced Sengar to life imprisonment in the case in December 2019.
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Passenger, railway staff in Maddur stabbed by two men who fought for train seat
Mandya: An argument over a seat in a train intensified into a fight, resulting in a passenger and a Railways staff member being stabbed and sustaining grievous injuries near the Maddur Railway Station in the district on Wednesday.
The other passengers as well as the locals are said to have caught and assaulted the three accused as they were attempting to escape. The trio, Subaan Qureishi, Shoiab Qureishi and Wasim, has been handed over to the police.
The assault victims, identified as Shivakumar of Tumakuru and Railways staff Kumar were taken to the Maddur Taluk Hospital for first aid and later shifted to the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) District Hospital.
The argument is said to have erupted over a seat in the Mysuru-Bengaluru train. When a third passenger, Shivakumar, tried to intervene, however, the men fighting for the seat allegedly stabbed him with a knife. Shivakumar is said to have pulled the chain of the train, which was arriving at the Maddur station and was at Channegowdanadoddi on the outskirts of the town, in a desperate attempt to save his life.
The suspects, who tried to jump off the train which was slowing down, stabbed Kumar, the railway gate-keeper near Channegowdanadoddi, as he attempted to stop the duo from escaping.
The other passengers in the train and the locals at the station caught up with the accused, who were escaping and assaulted them physically before handing them over to the police.
A case has been registered by the Railway Police and the officers are investigating the incident.
