The Delhi Police have registered the maximum number of First Information Reports (FIRs) against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI). These FIRs have been lodged on various counts of the violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
Till Tuesday, Delhi Police had registered 313 FIRs against all the political parties, but AAP accounts for 90 FIRs. Around 68 have been lodged against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 59 against the Indian National Congress (INC) and 23 against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Other political parties too face ECI’s punitive action for violating the MCC.
The Delhi Police have also deposited 920 licenced arms and also impounded three arms in compliance with the instructions of the ECI.
Taking action against defacement of property, the EC has so far removed 5,418 hoardings from public property, out of which 69 were removed on Monday while a total of 228 FIRs are lodged for defacement.