PUNE: The BJP has withdrawn the candidature of Pooja More-Jadhav in the Pune civic polls after a backlash from party workers.
She had received her AB form (a key document for filing nomination) from the BJP for ward number 2 under the quota of ally RPI for the January 15 elections.
However, her candidature ran into trouble after old videos surfaced showing her making personal remarks against Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his wife during the Maratha quota agitation.
Union minister and Pune's BJP MP Murlidhar Mohol confirmed that her nomination has been withdrawn. More-Jadhav called herself a victim of social media trolls.
"They spread misinformation about me and tried to portray that I do not believe in the BJP's ideology. Considering the trolling, I made a conscious decision to withdraw my nomination," she said.
She also claimed "some other girl" made the comments, but trolls had attributed these to her.