Sanjay Tandon challenges Manish Tewari’s election from Chandigarh seat in High Court

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 9

The BJP’s candidate for the city LS seat, Sanjay Tandon, has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking the cancellation of his opponent Manish Tewari’s election. Among other things, Tandon has asked the court to declare the election void and him as the duly elected Member of Parliament from the constituency.

Tandon has submitted that Tewari, along with the Indian National Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party and their supporters, had engaged in various corrupt practices to secure his victory in the election. Had these practices not occurred, he would have been rightfully elected as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

Tandon contended their actions of filling out guarantee cards and posting videos to lure innocent voters into believing that they would be compensated with Rs 8,500 per month if they voted for Tewari, provided Rs 1 lakh salary “for every first job of every educated youth” and would get legal guarantee of MSP based on Swaminathan formula besides loan waiver. He used the national emblem in his endorsements and these all were grounds for disqualification under the Representation of People's Act, said Tandon.

The petition filed through senior advocate Chetan Mittal was placed before Registrar Judicial Rajan Nanda who directed the issuance of notice to Tewari and other respondents. The matter was directed to be placed before the "designated judge" for scrutiny on September 9.