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This story is from January 21, 2022

Uttar Pradesh polls: Will he, won’t he? After daylong exit buzz, Avtar Singh Bhadana says he will contest from Jewar

There was high drama in the SP-RLD camp on Thursday around the candidature of new entrant Avtar Singh Bhadana from Jewar.
Uttar Pradesh polls: Will he, won’t he? After daylong exit buzz, Avtar Singh Bhadana says he will contest from Jewar
Avtar Singh Bhadana joined RLD last week
NOIDA: There was high drama in the SP-RLD camp on Thursday around the candidature of new entrant Avtar Singh Bhadana from Jewar. Bhadana, who was believed to have withdrawn his candidature in the morning, announced in a late-evening tweet he was going nowhere and would contest in RLD colours from the airport town, where he was jetted in only last week.
The talk in the RLD camp was that Meerapur MLA Bhadana, who was officially with BJP till he made the switch last week, had contracted Covid and had opted out.
This in turn led to talk of discontent among the cadre about his candidature. The name of Indraveer Bhati, an advocate and a member of the Bar Association, started doing rounds as the possible replacement.
Eventually, the first official word from Bhadana came at 9.48pm, via a tweet from his handle, reaffirming his candidature from Jewar. “Our ancestors have a glorious history. No matter what the field! They have fought valiantly for society, for their rights, for the poor. There were initial symptoms of Covid, but the RT-PCR is negative. I will fight election for my people,” he tweeted.
Senior RLD members had remained tightlipped on Bhadana through the day. One of the party’s seniormost functionaries said only national president Jayant Chaudhary could make a statement on Bhadana. However, RLD national convener Anupam Mishra confirmed on Thursday night Bhadana would remain the joint candidate of SP-RLD from Jewar.
Bhadana had been active on Twitter till Thursday morning and also posted a video of his door-to-door campaign at 11.55am. Bhadana (64), a four-time MP, had filed his nomination papers three days ago from the Jewar seat. His entourage drew attention as Bhadana went in a tractor.
Originally from Haryana, Bhadana had earlier been in Congress. He was an MP from Faridabad thrice and Meerut once on a Congress ticket. In 2017, he contested the Meerapur seat on a BJP ticket, but contested the 2019 polls from Faridabad as a Congress candidate, an election he lost.
He remained with BJP, meanwhile, as his resignation never got accepted. Bhadana joined RLD on January 12 and was given the ticket from Jewar the next day. Bhadana could not be contacted for a comment.
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