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AHMEDABAD/DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Surat East Assembly seat candidate in Gujarat withdrew his nomination on Wednesday, with AAP alleging he was abducted by BJP and pressured to do so, a charge denied by BJP. At a press conference in Delhi, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said Surat seat candidate Kanchan Jariwala and his family had been missing since Tuesday. “Fearing defeat, the BJP goons kidnapped the AAP candidate from Surat, Kanchan Jariwala,” he said.