Campus Diaries
In, out, in, SP’s final Moradabad candidate says: ‘No one can force leadership to give ticket
There is no end to the troubles for the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Moradabad. Ever since the Lok Sabha ticket allocation for the seat on March 27, when the party controversially denied the nomination to its sitting MP S T Hasan and gave it to former party MLA Ruchi Veera at the last moment, the two leaders have squared off, putting the party’s campaign in jeopardy.
Even after Veera’s nomination papers had been accepted, a letter purportedly written by SP president Akhilesh Yadav had surfaced saying Hasan was the party’s official candidate, adding to the confusion.
