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BSF Jawan Turned SP Leader Tej Bahadur Yadav Promises To Kill PM Modi If Paid Rs 50 Crore
Swarajya Staff
May 07, 2019, 10:41 AM | Updated 10:41 AM IST
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After his candidature to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh was rejected by the election authorities for discrepancies in the nomination papers, the Samajwadi party leader Tej Bahadur Yadav has been caught in yet another controversy.
A sensationalising and undated video of Yadav has surfaced, purportedly showing him saying that if anyone pays him Rs 50 crore, he would kill Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi within 72 hours of being handed over the sum. The video, which is reportedly unauthenticated, of the dismissed Border Security Force (BSF) jawan has since gone viral, reports Yahoo News.
Controversy over undated video. Tej Bahadur's video surfaces. Gatbandhan face vows to kill Modi. 'Give me 50 crores, will kill Modi' | #May23WithTimesNow
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) May 6, 2019
Disclaimer: TIMES NOW can't vouch for the authenticity of the video. pic.twitter.com/HgczCQPo2L
Responding to the news, which was first broken by Times Now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) condemned the utterances and said that it was stunned by the statements of Yadav.
GVL Narasimha Rao, BJP: Stunned by statements of SP candidate,Tej Bahadur Yadav.He was drafted by SP from Varanasi,his candidature has been nullified for various reasons.We can see on TV how he's telling a group that he's willing to hatch a plot to assassinate PM Modi for Rs50 cr pic.twitter.com/kmVEMg9HPd
— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2019
Meanwhile, Yadav had approached Supreme Court of India on 6 May to challenge the Returning Officer's decision to reject his candidature from Varanasi given he had failed to submit a certificate on whether or not he was dismissed from the service for corruption or disloyalty to the government.
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