Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday appealed to party workers to follow the Covid protocol.
Lucknow police has registered an FIR against 2,500 unidentified SP workers under the Epidemic Diseases Act and Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code for violating the Covid protocol and Election Commission of India’s ban on political gatherings.
Akhilesh Yadav the SP would soon declare its candidates for the assembly elections in the state.
“We have to follow the Covid protocols. If these are not followed, questions will be raised. Please stay in your locality and assembly constituency. We are collecting information. Very soon the announcement relating to the tickets will be made” Yadav told reporters here.
“It is possible that there will be no list of tickets (candidates), and A and B forms (pertaining to candidates which are filled at the time of nomination) will be sent (to the candidates),” he added.
A massive crowd had gathered at the Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow on Friday for the induction ceremony of former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Swami Prasad Maurya and some MLAs.
The inspector in-charge of Gautam Palli police station was suspended and a clarification was sought from two senior officials.
Taking cognisance of the Lucknow district magistrate's report about the violation of the model code of conduct on Covid norms, directives were issued to place Gautam Palli police station in-charge Dinesh Singh Bisht under suspension with immediate effect, an official statement issued by the office of the Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer said.
Besides, the EC also sought a clarification from Assistant Commissioner of Police (Lucknow) Akhilesh Singh and Additional City Magistrate (I) Govind Maurya, the statement said.