Dismissed BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav with supporters after he was fielded as Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samajwadi Party alliance's Varanasi seat candidate for Lok Sabha polls.Former BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav Monday expressed his keenness to contest against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar from Karnal Assembly constituency in the forthcoming state polls. Yadav was dismissed from his post in 2017 after he made a video about the quality of food served to security forces. During the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, his nomination papers from Varanasi seat were rejected preventing a contest against PM Narendra Modi.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Yadav said that he would take a final call after discussing his desire with the leaders of his party, the Samajwadi Party (SP). Yadav, 43, said that he had filed his nomination against the Prime Minister as SP candidate but the Election Commission had rejected his nomination.
“I am keen to contest against Khattar but it's not final yet. It's not an attempt to come into limelight, but I would like to contest against the Chief Minister to highlight plight of the jawans, farmers and employees under the BJP regime,” claimed the dismissed BSF constable.
In 2017, Yadav had uploaded videos on social media complaining that poor quality food was being served to the soldiers serving at the border in Jammu and Kashmir. Later, he was dismissed from the BSF. “I have challenged my dismissal before the Punjab and…
