Lucknow: Hours after BJP leader Yogi Adityanath defied a ban on his election meeting here, police lodged an FIR against the controversial MP and other party leaders who participated in the rally.
SSP Praveen Kumar has confirmed that cases were lodged late on Wednesday night against the Gorakhpur MP and others who participated in the meeting yesterday. Defying the ban, Adityanath, the BJP’s lead campaigner in UP, had addressed an election meeting in which he accused the SP government of following a communal agenda.
The entire meeting was video graphed by the administration and on the basis of electronic footage; cases have been registered against those visible in the video. Other than Mr. Adityanath, BJP MPs Jagdambika Pal, Lallu Singh and former MP and father of Gopalji Lalji Tandon were present during the meeting. A CD of the meeting would be sent to the Election Commission, sources added.
According to the administration, Adityanath was not allowed to hold meetings in Thakurdwara, Mainpuri and Nighasan where Assembly by-elections are being held. Adityanath had addressed one of them using his mobile phone.
Later in the state capital, he defied police which had withdrawn permission to him to address an election meeting at Indira Nagar locality by appearing on the stage. Adityanath had accused the district administration of not allowing him to address the meeting at the behest of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Bureau Report
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