Dismissed BSF jawan's nomination papers rejected; says he is 'asli chowkidar'

Amid high drama, dismissed BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's nomination as the Samajwadi Party candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency was Wednesday rejected by poll authorities.

The former Border Security Force (BSF) constable had hit the headlines after his video of the alleged poor quality of food being served to the jawans had gone viral on social media. He was subsequently dismissed.

Yadav was served notices on Tuesday by the Varanasi returning officer over "discrepancies" in the two sets of nomination papers submitted by him.

In the first set of papers on April 24, he had mentioned that he was dismissed from the BSF. On April 29 he submitted a second set of papers - this time as the SP nominee for the Lok Sabha seat - but did not give out this information.

He was also required to submit a no-objection certificate from the BSF, giving reasons for his dismissal.

District Magistrate Surendra Singh referred to Section 9 and Section 33 of The .