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NOIDA: The Congress has fielded Arvind Kumar Singh (30) from the Gautam Budh Nagar Lok Sabha seat. Jaiveer Singh Chauhan had been a BSP MLA in 2002 and 2007 from Barauli in Aligarh. Following this, Arvind also contested the Lok Sabha poll from Aligarh in 2014 on a BSP ticket but lost to the BJP’s Satish Kumar Gautam. He joined the Congress recently, but his family last year switched from the BSP to BJP.“I was faced with an ideological clash and decided against joining the BJP. “I will also fight and ensure that Jewar farmers get four times compensation for the airport land,” he added.Local Congress workers expressed unhappiness with the party’s choice..