Datia, July 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Datia by-election, Ashutosh Tiwari, filed his nomination papers in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. Senior BJP leader Narottam Mishra and state BJP president Hemant Khandelwal on Monday.

Former state home minister Narottam Mishra participated in the nomination of the BJP candidate, despite being denied the ticket from this seat.

Ahead of the nomination, BJP leader Narottam Mishra got emotional during the nomination rally of Ashutosh Tiwari,

After filing the nomination papers, Tiwari told ANI, "I trust the leadership and will try to meet their expectations."

When asked about Congress state president Jitu Patwari predicting a landslide victory for his party,...