left in the lurch after its Gautam Buddh Nagar nominee Ramesh Chand Tomar joined BJP just a week before lok Sabha election, Congress has written to the Election Commission demanding that the nomination process in the seat be started afresh and polling be postponed to May 12. A delegation of local Congress leaders blamed that Tomar took the ticket of Congress Party by keeping them in the dark and ran away at the last moment by striking a deal with the BJP.
Dushyant Nagar, senior Congress leader, said that the way Tomar ran away from the fight, it appears every thing was pre planned. Tomar has a long association with BJP and RSS. “We have written to the Election Commission seeking postponement of polls. We may also file a PIl if needed to get a court order for the postponement,” said Nagar, adding a criminal case can also be filed against him for hatching a conspiracy and defaming a national party.
It may be noted that Congress candidate from the Gautam Buddh Nagar lok Sabha seat Tomar joined BJP on Thursday during a Narendra Modi rally in Ghaziabad. Tomar’s last minute desertion has left the Congress in a tight spot as it cannot have its own candidate because the last date for filing nomination is over. Polling in the seat is scheduled for April 10. Tomar was four-time MP from Ghaziabad on a BJP ticket and in 2009 he had joined Congress after being denied a ticket from the constituency.