A showcause notice was issued to Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) candidate Yogendra Yadav from Gurgaon lok Sabha constituency for violation of Model Code of Conduct.
Mewat District Returning officer, RC Verma has issued the showcause notice on Sunday. Verma said that the Ramjan Chaudhary had, on behalf of the AAP, sought permission to hold a roadshow of AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal. Accordingly, Assistant Returning officer (ARO) Trilok Chand had given permission to hold the roadshow between 8 am and 8.45 pm on March 22. But, the road show continued up to 9.20 pm.
“Apart from this, a worker of the party namely Nuruddin Noor had sought permission to have mike service/loudspeaker for the workers sammelan. The ARO had allowed the mike service/loudspeaker up to 9 pm. But this sammelan continued upto 10.54 pm. As the sammellan continued beyond the permitted duration, police was sent to stop it,” he added.
The ARO submitted its report to the District Returning Officer, Mewat. It was on the basis of this report that the show cause notice was issued asking them to submitted their reply within three days, said Verma.