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May 05, 2016

Ex BJP leader with record of hate speech isa candidate from Samajwadi party in Uttar Pradesh

Indian Express

SP ticket for ex-BJP leader Kundanika Sharma with history sheet, hate speech arrest
SP government had begun the process of withdrawing 11 cases against her almost eight months before she crossed sides.
Written by Lalmani Verma
Lucknow
Published: May 4, 2016

File Photo | AUSU president Richa Singh and BJP vice-president for Braj region Kundanika Sharma with SP’s in-charge for 2017 polls Shivpal Yadav, in Lucknow. (Express archive)

Agra BJP corporator Kundanika Sharma, arrested for an alleged hate speech in March following the killing of a VHP worker, switched loyalties last month and joined the SP which promptly handed her the Agra North ticket for the 2017 assembly polls. But it now emerges that the SP government had begun the process of withdrawing 11 cases against her almost eight months before she crossed sides.

Sharma told The Indian Express: “At least 18 cases were lodged at different police stations of Agra in the past few years regarding protests, agitation and rioting over matters concerning the public and workers.” She said the cases were withdrawn by the state government in the last six-eight months. [. . .]

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