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The race for the United Conservative Party nomination in Chestermere-Strathmore has been marked by bad blood and bizarre twists.

Leela Aheer, sitting MLA and UCP deputy leader, had applied last week for a restraining order against one of her opponents for the nomination, David Campbell, stemming from a confrontation at a recent party meeting.

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However, she discontinued the action on Monday, a day before the application was to be heard in court.

Campbell had vehemently denied any wrongdoing and said he was manhandled by a party official when he was forcibly removed from the June 14 founding meeting of the UCP riding association in Chestermere-Strathmore.

He said Aheer, the MLA for Chestermere-Rocky View, and the UCP are trying to push him out of the race because they want her to get the party’s nod in the new riding.

“What these people are doing is just trying to completely bully and intimidate me,” said Campbell in an interview before the application was withdrawn.