<p>In yet another embarrassment for the party within a month, Congress candidate from Gautam Budh Nagar in UP Ramesh Chand Tomar on Thursday fled from the contest and joined rival BJP with just a week left for the Lok Sabha poll in the constituency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He becomes the second nominee to have deserted the party soon after getting ticket.<br /><br />Tomar, who had unsuccessfully contested the last Lok Sabha polls as a Congress nominee from Gautam Budh Nagar, returned to the BJP fold after a gap of over five years as he was earlier a three-time BJP MP from neighbouring Ghaziabad. Welcomed to the party fold by BJP chief Rajnath Singh, Tomar said he was “coming back to his home”.<br /><br />Tomar’s last minute desertion has left the party in a tight spot as it cannot have its own candidate because the last date for filing nomination is over and election is on April 10.<br /><br />“I decided to join the BJP because of Narendra Modi as he has promised good governance and development,” he said after joining the saffron party.<br /><br />Praising Modi, he said, “Modiji is for development and good governance and I will work for the victory of the BJP in the election.”<br /></p>
<p>In yet another embarrassment for the party within a month, Congress candidate from Gautam Budh Nagar in UP Ramesh Chand Tomar on Thursday fled from the contest and joined rival BJP with just a week left for the Lok Sabha poll in the constituency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He becomes the second nominee to have deserted the party soon after getting ticket.<br /><br />Tomar, who had unsuccessfully contested the last Lok Sabha polls as a Congress nominee from Gautam Budh Nagar, returned to the BJP fold after a gap of over five years as he was earlier a three-time BJP MP from neighbouring Ghaziabad. Welcomed to the party fold by BJP chief Rajnath Singh, Tomar said he was “coming back to his home”.<br /><br />Tomar’s last minute desertion has left the party in a tight spot as it cannot have its own candidate because the last date for filing nomination is over and election is on April 10.<br /><br />“I decided to join the BJP because of Narendra Modi as he has promised good governance and development,” he said after joining the saffron party.<br /><br />Praising Modi, he said, “Modiji is for development and good governance and I will work for the victory of the BJP in the election.”<br /></p>