India, July 13 -- Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday got emotional during the nomination rally of BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari from Datia, ahead of the by-election for the assembly constituency.

The video shows MP chief minister Mohan Yadav consoling Mishra as he sits beside him on stage during the rally with tears in his eyes. The tears follow his supporters' violence after the former minister was denied a ticket from his bastion.

Tiwari filed his nomination papers for the July 30 assembly bypoll in the presence of Narottam Mishra and other senior party leaders on Monday.

The bypoll was necessitated after Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti lost his assembly membership following his conviction in a cheating case. ...