While a District authorities in Moradabad have registered an FIR against BJP leader Sadhvi Prachi for violation of election model code of conduct at Thakurdwara assembly by-election, the copy of FIR as well as CD of controversial remarks made by BJP Yogi Adityanath, has been sent to Election Commission for further action.
``We got a case registered against Sadhvi Prachai for making controversial statement against Samajwadi party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family member during the campaign in Thakurdwara Assembly segment in Moradabad on Wednesday”,disclosed CEO, Umesh Singh here on Thursday evening. Briefing the media persons, he said that the FIR was registered against Sadhvi Prachi at Thakurdwara police station under section 504 and 505 of the IPC. The decision to register the FIR was taken after examing the video recording of the speech of Sadhvi.
It has been reported that Sadhvi said that Mulayam had given a statement that boys do mistake sometime by raping the girls. Would he give such statement if the victim girl belong to his family, she asked.
Replying on the Yogi’s hate speech issue and for violating prohibitory orders, Umesh Sinha said that they directed the district magistrate of Gautambudhnagar, to immediately get a case registered against MP Yogi Adityanath for making hate speech on September 7 last during an election campign. Umesh Sinha further claimed that the lucknow authorities here had already registered an FIR against BJP leaders including Yogi, BJP state president laxmikant Bajpai, party MP Jagdambika Pal, candidate from lucknow (East) Ashutosh Tandon and others at Ghazipur police state late on Wednesday night.
It may be mentioned that DM has confirmed of loging a report, case crime No 796/14, under section 143,149, 341, 171(h) and 188 of the IPC. Umesh Sinha said that a copy of FIR along with CD of the public address made by above leaders, has been sent to the Election Commission to examine the matter for further do that necessary legal proceedings could be initiated.
Meanwhile, besides giving other details of the preparation made by the Commission to ensure peaceful election in the by-polls, Sinha said that they had directed the district administration to immediately take measures that no election material could be damaged due to raining and that steps should be also taken to avert any kind of problem to public who would turned up the cast their vote. He claimed that they facilitiated webcasting facilities in 176 sensitive polling centres while micro observers and sleuths of the Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF) has been deployed at every polling centre to ensure free and fair elections.