Elections 2014: Two AAP candidates, Lal Bahadur Shastri's grandson and Javed Jaaferi, file nominations from Lucknow

Lal Bahadur Shastri's grandson Adarsh, Aam Aaadmi Party's cover for it's Lucknow candidate actor Javed Jaaferi, filed his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha seat

Lucknow: Aam Aadmi Party leader Adarsh Shastri, grandson of late prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat as a cover candidate for Bollywood actor Javed Jaaferi.

Shastri is the party's official candidate from Allahabad.

Jaaved Jaaferi

The move was part of a "well thought out strategy" to counter any last minute glitches that could cancel the candidature of Jaaferi on technical grounds during scrutiny of papers, Aam Aadmi Party state spokesman Vaibhav Maheshwari told IANS.

"There is nothing new in this as Shastri has been fielded as a cover candidate in case something goes wrong with our party candidate (Jaaferi) from this important seat," he said.

Jaaferi has been camping in the city for the past few days and has been seeking support of the people as he takes on political heavyweights - Rajnath Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party), Rita Bahuguna Joshi (Congress), Abhishek Misra (Samajwadi Party) and Nakul Dubey (Bahujan Samaj Party). Lucknow will vote April 30.

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