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Malda: Malda sitting MP and district Congress president Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury on Friday said the Congress candidate in Malda North “is not final yet”. “I have asked workers to campaign for the party, not the candidate,” he said, just 24 hours after AICC declared his niece, Sujapur MLA Mausam Noor, as the candidate for Malda North. Hasem Khan is reportedly upset over Mausam getting the ticket. Two day ago, he had announced his brother, Naser Khan, as the candidate. But AICC did not accept it, apparently due to the lack of some documents regarding Naser’s citizenship. When Mausam’s name was announced on Thursday, Naser sounded aggrieved — he even vowed to fight the election as an Independent candidate. His papers from Switzerland regarding citizenship reached New Delhi on Thursday and Naser went to Delhi on Friday, even as Mausam reached Malda to a cheering welcome from hundreds of supporters. “I hope to get the nomination,” Naser said. Hasem Khan echoed this. Mausam, however, kept quiet regarding the differences with her maternal uncle. “AICC has nominated me and I’ll fight to win,” she said.
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