Cong's Indore LS nominee Akshay Bam withdraws candidature, joins BJP

Akshay Kanti Bam, the Congress candidate for Madhya Pradesh’s Indore Lok Sabha seat, has withdrawn his candidature and has joined the BJP, sources said on Monday (April 29). 

The Congress had fielded Bam against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani from the Indore Lok Sabha seat where polling will be held on May 13.

Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and state cabinet minister Kailash Vijayvargiya in a post on X said Bam was welcome to join the party.

“Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore Akshay Kanti Bam is welcome in the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party national president JP Nadda, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and state president VD Sharma," he said in the post.