Indore: In a major setback to the Congress and a boost to the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh, Congress candidate from Indore Lok Sabha seat, Akshay Kanti Bam has withdrawn his nomination from Indore seat giving an edge to the sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani ahead of the polls scheduled on the seat in the fourth phase on May 13.

On Monday morning, suddenly Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam, who reached the district election office with BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola, withdrew his nomination on the last date of the withdrawal of nominations.

Following Bam’s withdrawal of nomination from Indore, senior BJP leader and MLA from Indore, Kailash Vijayvargiya, took to X to welcome him in the saffron party. “We welcome Shri Akshay Kanti Bam ji, Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore in BJP, under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, National President JP Nadda and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and State President VD Sharma, ” Vijayvargiya wrote on X. He also shared a picture with him in a car.