Jan Suraaj founder and former political strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday alleged that three of his party’s candidates were “ forced to withdraw their nominations ” in the last few days due to pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party, ANI reported.

Addressing a press conference, he said that the withdrawn candidates had been fielded from Danapur, Brahampur and Gopalganj.

Kishor accused Union Ministers Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan of using intimidation tactics to force his party’s candidates to withdraw from key constituencies, The Indian Express reported.

He alleged that Shah “detained” Jan Suraaj candidate Akhilesh Kumar in Danapur, preventing him from filing his nomination. He also alleged that Pradhan played a key role in coercing the three candidates to withdraw.

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