Congress on Monday moved the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that he had violated the Model Code of Conduct in Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the rally was held without the requisite

permission of the poll watchdog.

The party alleged that during the election campaign in Uttarakhand, Modi held a public rally in Haridwar on February 10, 2017 without requisite permission of the Commission and thus violated the Model Code of Conduct of the Commission. On bringing it to the notice of Chief Election Officer of Uttarakhand and other authorities, a show cause notice was issued and since the BJP failed to convince the Election Commission through its reply, the poll watchdog has filed an FIR against the Haridwar Unit of BJP.

“In this connection, we would like to submit that breach of Model Code of Conduct was committed by the PM himself, amongst others, hence FIR should be filed against the perpetrator amongst others who committed the breach of MCC,” the Congress petitioned. FIR should also be filed against Health Minister JP Nadda and former Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and other BJP leaders who addressed or participated in the election rally

The Congress reminded the Election Commission on the other hand the Commission has filed an FIR against the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat for violating the MCC on the basis of a complaint by a local BJP worker.  The Election Commission had filed an FIR against the Congress VP and the Chief Minister on the ground of delay in concluding the road show.