The nomination of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Birbhum Lok Sabha seat candidate Debasish Dhar was cancelled during the scrutiny of nomination papers citing technical grounds. Mr. Dhar, a former IPS officer could not furnish a ‘no dues’ certificate from the State government.
The BJP leadership had over the past few days sensed some issue with the former IPS officer’s nomination. On Thursday, the last day of filing nomination papers for the fourth phase, senior party leader Debtanu Bhattacharya filed his nomination papers to contest from Birbhum Lok Sabha. The constituency located in south Bengal is going to polls on May 13. He is likely to be the BJP nominee in place of former IPS officer.
Former IPS officer Debasish Dhar had extensively campaigned since his candidature was announced by the party and the development has come as an embarrassment for the BJP.
