BJP candidate Ved Prakash files nomination for Bawana bypoll

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

candidate Ved Prakash today filed his nomination papers for the Bawana bypoll which is scheduled to be held on August 23.

candidate Ram Chandra and Congress' Surendra Kumar have already filed their nominations.


The bypoll was necessitated as Prakash, who won the seat in 2015 on an ticket, resigned as an in March. Subsequently, he quit the to join the

Prior to filing his nomination papers, Prakash attended a 'hawan' and also participated in a foot-march led by president Manoj Tiwari.

MPs Parvesh Verma and Udit Raj, party Vijender Gupta, senior leaders of the unit and scores of workers also joined the march.

Tiwari addressing a gathering on the occasion and claimed that the will win the bypoll with a "huge" margin.

Six senior leaders have been deputed to look after each of the six wards under the Bawana constituency, said the BJP's bypoll in-charge Parvesh Verma.

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