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In the meeting of the state election committee, some more names were sent for Tikamgarh, BJP sources said.The reserved Tikamgarh Lok Sabha seat is spread over 8 assembly segments of Chhatarpur, Niwadi and Tikamgarh districts. Talking to TOI, Pushpendra Pathak said, “Virendra is surrounded by a coterie and doesn’t believe in the party organisation. They claimed that in the last five years, Virendra has done nothing for his constituency and there is an anger against him among the people. “It was also reflected in the Vidhan Sabha elections”, they alleged.They said that Virendra was a “parachute” candidate and did not belong to Tikamgarh and a local candidate should be given ticket in LS polls. While BJP leaders were paying tributes to Manohar Parrikar, party workers were heard shouting slogans like “Virendra Kumar vapis jao” and “Virendra Kumar murdabad” After repeated calls, the MP was not available for comments, but his representative Anurag Varma denied all the allegations and said Virendra has been always available for the people of his constituency..