New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram has lost his attempt to have a case that challenges his election to the Lok Sabha dismissed. He will now face trial in the case.
The Madras High Court refused this morning to quash the petition against the minister. Instead, the court removed two of the 29 allegations against him - the charge of corrupt practices has been deleted.
Mr Chidambaram's lawyer said the major allegations that Mr Chidambaram's poll managers used the services of government officials and induced voters with cash have been removed by the court.
Mr Chidambaram won his election from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency by a narrow margin of 3300 votes against the AIADMK's Raja Kannapan in 2009. Kannapan has accused the minister's supporters of manipulation of votes.
Mr Chidambaram had sought that the petition be dismissed.
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