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Madhya Pradesh elections: BJP's list of 177 candidates creates confusion

The joy was short lived for Ashok Malviya

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The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) list of 177 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections has created a lot of confusion. First, the party announced Narendra Singh Tomar as its candidate from the Mandhata seat of Khandwa. Incidentally, a more popular Narendra Singh Tomar is the current Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines at the Centre. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Gwalior. 

He cleared the air with the following tweet: “From Mandhata seat Shri Narendra Singh Tomarji is party candidate. It’s not me. He is another party worker. Please don’t get confused.” In another

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