Congress Member Defects but Party Can't Get Rid of Him VISHNU VARMA A Congress candidate who joined the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party did so after candidacy filing deadlines so the party he abandoned cannot take him off the ticket and the party he joined cannot give him a fresh one. April 4 2014 at 4:00AM http://nyti.ms/1hIFBcf The New York Times World Elections Legislatures and Parliaments Politics and Government

By VISHNU VARMA via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. World http://nyti.ms/1hIFBcf Congress Member Defects, but Party Can't Get Rid of Him A Congress candidate who joined the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party did so after candidacy filing deadlines, so the party he abandoned cannot take him off the ticket and the party he joined cannot give him a fresh one. April 4, 2014 at 4:00AM http://nyti.ms/1hIFBcf The New York Times Elections, Legislatures and Parliaments, Politics and Government