(News) Dadua’s Son Gets Samajwadi Party's Ticket from Chitrakoot

Veer Singh Patel, son of notorious dacoit Shiv Kumar Patel alias Dadua, will be Samajwadi Party's candidate from Chitrakoot assembly constituency. On Sunday, SP state president Akhilesh Yadav cancelled the candidature of Sunil Patel who had earlier been given the ticket by the party. Sunil Patel happens to be the son of SP MP from Chitrakoot RK Singh Patel.

This is the second time that SP reshuffled ticket allocation in Chitrakoot. Veer Singh, who was allotted the ticket last year in April found his candidature cancelled by December. Speaking to TOI, Veer Singh said that he was asked by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav some nine months ago to nurture the constituency. "He(Mulayam) had assured me a ticket when I met him after my candidature was cancelled by the party in December," said Veer Singh.

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Courtesy: timesofindia.indiatimes.com