Betul: Ashok Bhalavi, a Lok Sabha candidate of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Get together (BSP) from Madhya Pradesh’s Betul constituency, died of cardiac arrest, introduced DM Narendra Kumar Suryavanshi on Tuesday. Bhalavi’s demise has precipitated the elections to be postponed within the constituency earlier scheduled within the second part on April 26.
Based on the occasion, Bhalavi was despatched to a hospital after he complained of chest ache, however the docs declared him useless afterwards. The Betul DM confirmed the BSP candidate’s demise of cardiac arrest, including that the Election Fee has been knowledgeable of the matter and the elections scheduled on April 26 had been postponed.
Dr Manish Lashkare, who runs a non-public hospital, mentioned the BSP chief suffered a coronary heart assault and he was useless by the point he was dropped at the hospital.
“BSP candidate from Betul Ashok Bhalavi died on account of cardiac arrest. We have now knowledgeable the Election Fee about this. Below Part 52 of the Illustration of the Folks Act 1951, now we have postponed the second part of voting which was to be held on April 26,” Suryavanshi mentioned.
Below the provisions of the Illustration of the Folks Act, the election course of was stopped and additional motion shall be taken as per the directives of the Election Fee of India, mentioned district collector and returning officer Narendra Singh Raghuvanshi.
Bharatiya Janata Get together’s (BJP) incumbent MP from Betul, Durga Das Uikey, has as soon as once more been fielded from the constituency, whereas the Congress has fielded Ramu Tekam. Betul was slated to vote within the second part of the Lok Sabha elections on April 26, together with Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, and Hoshangabad seats.
(with inputs from companies)
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