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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. (File image)
The Congress party was shaken on April 29 after Indore candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination.
Taking a jibe at the last-minute withdrawal of the Congress candidate for the Indore Lok Sabha seat from the race, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said it was not his party’s fault if “the groom runs away before the wedding”.
The Congress party was shaken in Indore after Indore candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination on the last date of April 29 and subsequently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) .
“The Congress party claims that the BJP has done something wrong in Indore. What is our fault? It is like inviting the whole village to a wedding party and the groom runs away before the wedding,” Yadav said at a nearby wedding on Saturday. He said this at a BJP campaign rally in Tema.
The chief minister said the opposition party, which has no candidate in the May 13 Indore elections, called on local voters to press the NOTA (none of the above) button, which was an affront to democracy.
“If someone’s child runs away from home, whose fault is it? They are your children and you should take care of them.
Yadav also participated in a road show in Indore city in support of the BJP candidate and sitting MP Shankar Lalwani.
Yadav calls the opposition Indian group the “Garmandia” alliance, recalling the epic Ramayana and the city of Lanka, the capital of villain Ravan.
“These arrogant people were born in Lanka 1.7 million years ago, during the time of Lord Ram. Being mentally bankrupt, they posed as saffron monks and came to kidnap Sita,” the chief minister said during the roadshow.
Appealing to voters to reject Congress’ call to opt for NOTA, he said, “Mother Sita made the mistake of crossing ‘Lakshman Rekha’ but the people of Indore should make up their mind not to cross Lakshman Rekha under any circumstances. Ka’. Yadav hit out at state Congress chief Jitu Patwari from Indore, saying Patwari’s role in the district during last year’s assembly elections He is afraid of contesting the Lok Sabha elections after losing the Rau seat to the BJP candidate Madhu Verma.
On the other hand, even some 80-year-old Congress leaders are running, he added.
Yadav mentioned that the Congress had left the Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency to the Samajwadi Party as part of the seat-sharing agreement, which he claimed showed that the Congress was afraid of elections.
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