MUMBAI: Former Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier, who was dismissed from service in 2017, has announced to contest elections against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tej Bahadur Yadav was dismissed from service in 2017 after he complained about the poor quality of food served to Indian security forces.
Talking to media Haryana’s Rewari, Tej Bahadur said he raised the issue of corruption in Indian security forces but he was sacked. “My first objective will be to strengthen and eliminate corruption in the forces," he said according to Indian media.
The dismissed soldier said he will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
He said he would contest elections as an independent candidate.
Tej Bahadur, in 2017 had shared some video clips on social media about the quality of food being served to security forces posted in the frontier areas.
He was dismissed from service by the Summary Security Force Court at Samba after he was found guilty of neglect to obey general orders of the force.
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