Nagpur, Apr 11 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare on Thursday said the BJP must cancel the candidature of its sitting MP from Wardha Ramdas Tadas after the latter's daughter-in-law claimed she was subjected to atrocities and assault.

Addressing a press conference along with Andhare, the MP's daughter-in-law Pooja Tadas said her husband and his kin had kept her in a separate flat after marriage and had beaten her up when she went to her marital home.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi must give Pooja Tadas justice by cancelling the candidature of Ramdas Tadas, Andhare said.

Meanwhile, speaking to a television channel, MP Tadas said he had nothing do with the tussle between his son and daughter-in-law.

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They had married without parental consent and this issue is being raised by political opponents since they do not have issues to corner him, the Wardha MP claimed.

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