March 26 last for withdrawing Nominations
Bhopal: Nominations filed for 9 constituencies for the first phase of lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh can be withdrawn till March 26. A total of 144 candidates had filed nominations for the first phase of which 134 have been left in the fray after rejection of 10 nominations during scrutiny on March 24. With this 18 candidates have been left in the fray in Satna, 17 in Rewa, 15 in Sidhi, 14 in Shahdol, 15 in Jabalpur, 11 in Mandla, 19 in Balaghat, 17 in Chhindwara and 8 in Hoshangabad.
BSP lEADER, MEMBERS JOIN CONGRESS
Bhopal: Senior Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Baijnath Kushwaha and his supporters joined Congress here on Tuesday, in the presence of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh and Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Arun Yadav. Welcoming Kushwaha into the Congress, Digvijay Singh alleged that in the BSP, party tickets were sold for crores of rupees and Kushwaha's case is an example. “Kushwaha was allotted the BSP ticket about two months back from Morena, but the BSP's state in-charge Rajaram took crores of rupees from former Congressmen Vrindawan Sikarwar and replaced him (Kushwaha) with Sikarwar. The BSP sells tickets and stopped looking at the poor and the downtrodden,” Digvijay Singh alleged. Congress national secretary Rakesh Kalia and MPCC chief also welcomed Kushwaha on the occasion.
4 of family killed in road accident
Indore: Four members of a family were killed and two others injured when their car rammed into a tree on the Indore-Betul road, police said on Tuesday. The mishap took place last night near Kalapatha village, about 60 kms away from the district headquarters, they said. The victims were on their way to Satwas from Indore when the mishap occurred.The deceased were identified as Dinesh Soni (41), Chaganlal Soni (50), Jitendra Soni (30) and Ahilya Soni (50), police said. The injured, both women belonging to the same family, were referred to Indore for treatment. A case has been registered in this regard and further investigations were on.