Simmer Sandhu, who was the PC Party candidate in Brampton East, confirmed the resignation in a written statement on Twitter Wednesday evening. He said the allegations, which weren’t specifically addressed in the statement, were “anonymously made against” him.
“These allegations are totally baseless. I absolutely deny them,” Sandhu wrote, while thanking supporters and volunteers for their work.
“I will vigorously defend myself and reputation and I am confident I will be cleared. However, I feel it is impossible for me to continue as PC candidate in Brampton East while doing so.”
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The Ontario PC Party issued a brief statement in response to the announcement said the party accepted his resignation
“In light of the investigation into Simmer Sandhu he felt it was necessary to stand down as a candidate,” the statement read.
Doug Ford, the party’s leader, later said in a statement on Twitter that he and the party’s president received the resignation earlier on Wednesday.
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“We welcome Sudeep Verma as the new candidate for Brampton East and thank him for his leadership,” he wrote.
According to a statement posted by former Ontario PC Party Leader Patrick Brown on the party’s website, Sandhu was nominated as a candidate in December 2017.
In an archived version of Sandhu’s biography from his now-deleted campaign website, it said he worked for 407 ETR as a litigation analyst at the highway company’s headquarters for nine years. A spokesperson for the company told Global News Sandhu resigned “quite some time ago.”
The biography also said he has worked as a real estate agent and previously worked in an unspecified role for Elections Ontario.
— With files from Alan Carter
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