AGRA: RLD chief, Jayant Chaudhry, has outplayed his ‘rebel’ party candidate, Yogesh Nahuwar, who had refused to withdraw his candidature from Maant constituency in Mathura after the seat was allotted to the party’s ally, Samajwadi Party, by allotting his party symbol to SP’s prospective candidate’s wife. The RLD chief took this decision on the last day of the filling of nomination papers for the first phase of polls on Friday.
Nahuwar had earlier announced that he would withdraw his nomination only if RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary or his wife, Charu, contested election from the constituency. The trouble between the allies arose after both the parties fielded their respective candidates for the seat. Though Chaudhary had directed Nahuwar to withdraw, he had refused to do so and had later put the condition of stepping down only if the former or his wife decide to contest.
