New Delhi: Campaigning for the fifth phase of the elections is in full swing. while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Mainpuri, Bulandsahar, Etah and Meerut on Tuesday, BSP supremo Mayawati will visit Aligarh and Agra. Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav will be campaigning in Etawah on Tuesday.
An FIR was on Monday filed against Rahul Gandhi, on the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh, for alleged violation of model code of conduct by district authorities which said his road show here had breached the time limit and the route map set by them.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh came out in full support of Rahul Gandhi, saying, "Road show is for human communication, no permission is needed for a road show. The authorities did this at the behest of Mayawati, We condemn it." Congress maintained Rahul has not committed any illegality and "appropriate legal proceedings" will be taken in this regard.
District Magistrate Hari Om said the FIR has been filed against Rahul and city Congress chief Mahesh Dikshit who have been booked under Section 188 of IPC for violating prohibitory orders (Section 144) imposed in the city and under Sections 283 (danger or obstruction in public way) and 290 (public nuisance).
"The district administration had allocated time till noon and fixed a 20-km route for Rahul Gandhi's road show but he violated it and stretched it beyond permitted time. He also did not stick to the prescribed route for the event," the DM said.
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