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The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued a show cause notice to its Fatehpur Sikri MLA Babulal Chaudhary for his son's decision to file his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from the Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha seat. 

 

The party has already nominated Rajkumar Chahar as its candidate from the constituency. However, Babulal Chaudhary's son, Rameshwar Chaudhary, has also entered the race as an Independent candidate.

 

According to Govind Narayan Shukla, the BJP's state general secretary, a show cause notice has been issued to Babulal Chaudhary by state unit chief Bhupendra Singh Choudhary. Babulal Chaudhary has been asked to respond by 5 pm on Monday. 

 

The notice was issued in response to a complaint that was received regarding Babulal Chaudhary letting his son contest and campaign as an Independent candidate against the authorised BJP nominee.

 

"You are being issued a show cause notice as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against you," the letter stated.

 

Shukla said the BJP issued a notice to Rameshwar Chaudhary on May 2 and expelled him from the party.

 

Babulal Chaudhary was elected MP from Fatehpur Sikri on a BJP ticket in 2014. In the 2019 elections, the party dropped him and fielded Chahar, who defeated Congress’ Raj Babbar.

 

Babulal Chaudhary contested the 2022 assembly elections on a BJP ticket and became an MLA.

 

The Congress' Ramnath Sikarwar is contesting from Fatehpur Sikri as the INDIA bloc candidate.

 

The constituency in Agra district goes to the polls on Tuesday.