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The Congress had fielded Bam (45), a newbie in the poll arena, against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani (62) from the Indore Lok Sabha seat, which is a stronghold of the saffron party.Polling in Indore will be held on May 13.Meanwhile, police have been deployed outside Bam’s house in Patrakar Colony. Local Congress leaders started gathering outside his house.Bam has not contested any election in his political career so far.The Congress offered him the opportunity to contest from Indore at a time when several party workers, including three former MLAs of the party, have switched sides and joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.Indore, the largest constituency in the state in terms of number of voters, has 25. 13 lakh electors.The BJP has expressed confidence of winning the seat by a margin of eight lakh votes this time.
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Congress candidate from Indore withdraws nomination; likely to join BJP
