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Bhagpat Zila Panchayat election candidate alleges she was coerced to join BJP
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RLD supported Mamta Kishore and her husband claim they managed to escape abduction; BJP says ‘just a drama’
In a dramatic turn of events, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)-Samajwadi Party (SP)-supported candidate in the upcoming Baghpat elections alleged on Saturday that she and her husband were kidnapped and forced to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However, they claimed they somehow managed to escape from the Delhi residence of the BJP MP from Baghpat, Satyapal Singh. Jai Kishore, husband of the RLD supported candidate Mamta Kishore, told reporters that they were forcibly taken to the residence of Mr. Singh in the wee hours of Saturday. Ms. Kishore held a press conference in Baghpat and filed her nomination for the seat.More Related News