Former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav was dismissed from service after he complained about the poor quality of food served to the personnel. (Photo: Facebook)

The SP-BSP-RLD gathbandhan's plan to create obstacles for PM Modi in Varanasi has landed in a fix.

Samajwadi Party fielded ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who had exposed corruption in the force, against PM Modi from Varanasi. Now, his nomination has come under the scrutiny of the Election Commission.

EC has pulled up Tej Bahadur Yadav over discrepancies in his nomination papers.

Tej Bahadur had filed nomination as an Independent but was later named by the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance as the candidate from the seat.

According to EC officials, Tej Bahadur Yadav presented differing accounts over why he was sacked from the BSF in his nomination papers.

When he filed his nomination as an Independent candidate on April 24, he claimed that he was fired from the BSF over charges of corruption.

Tej Bahadur Yadav was dismissed by the Summary Security Force Court (SSFC), a court of inquiry which found that he had damaged the "image of the BSF" when he uploaded a video clip on the "substandard food" on social media, triggering an uproar. The trooper was facing the inquiry on various charges under the provision of BSF Act and rules, including indiscipline.

"In the first nomination papers, Bahadur had said he was sacked from the BSF, but in the nomination papers filed as the SP-BSP candidate he did not mention that," District Electoral Officer Surendra Singh told news agency IANS.

Writing a letter to Tej Bahadur Yadav, EC said any government employee who has been dismissed for "corruption or disloyalty to the state" should be disqualified from campaigning for a period of five years.

After the scrutiny of nomination papers on Tuesday, the district electoral office issued a notice asking him to file his reply by May 1.

"You have not submitted the certificate to the effect that whether or not you were dismissed from the service for corruption or disloyalty with your nomination papers," Varanasi RO Surendra Singh said in the notice.

Tej Bahadur Yadav was dismissed from service after he complained about the poor quality of food served to the personnel.

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