Denied poll ticket, Cong leader in MP allegedly attempts suicide

November 07, 2013 12:01

A Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh allegedly tried to commit suicide today after being denied a ticket to contest the state polls on November 25, reports NDTV.

Narsingh Malviya, a leader from Agar, allegedly took poison and is in a critical state. He has been taken to a hospital in Ujjain for treatment.

Mr Malviya, a district Panchayat member, has reportedly been with the Congress for two decades.

He has never contested the state elections before but was hoping to make a debut with this one.

Party leaders say Malviya was hoping to get a ticket to contest the polls from Agar, but the party fielded another candidate, Madhu Gehlot, instead.

Madhya Pradesh is among the five state going to polls in November-December, in what is being seen as a semi-final ahead of national elections due by May. The counting of votes will be held on December 8.

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