Charging the police with acting under the pressure of AAP's political adversaries, the party's poll committee convener for Uttarakhand Shamsher Singh Bisht said Cheema was jailed without any offence.
“Now he has decided not to take bail and contest the elections from Haldwani jail,” Bisht said.
Demanding immediate removal of the police officials posted in Udhamsingh Nagar district, Bisht said fair polls cannot be expected in Nainital without their transfer.
Meanwhile, high profile AAP leaders like Kumar Vishwas and Shazia Ilmi are likely to visit Cheema in jail.
Like Vishwas, Cheema is also a poet whose poetry is considered to have made a significant impact on Uttarakhand statehood movement.
AAP's Nainital candidate refuses bail, to contest from prison
Dehradun: Jailed AAP candidate from Nainital seat Balli Singh Cheema today refused to accept bail and said he would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Haldwani jail where he is lodged for alleged violation of
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