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Rahul Gandhi charged with poll code violation, Congress in denial
Monday February 20, 2012 10:27:32 PM,
IANS
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Kanpur/New
Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi violated
the model code of conduct during a road show in this Uttar Pradesh
city and action will be taken against the organisers, officials
said Monday. The party however, denied that he violated the poll
code.
Kanpur District Magistrate Hari Om said Gandhi did not follow the
route proposed by the district administration for his road show
but took an alternative route.
"We have proposed an alternate route for Rahul Gandhi's road show
keeping in mind his security and heavy traffic due to the
Mahashivratri festival Monday. But he did not follow the route
proposed by us," Hari Om told reporters in Kanpur.
He said that Gandhi also flouted prohibitory orders in the city
that banned any assembly of more than four people at a spot.
The district magistrate said action would be taken against the
organisers and those who participated in the road show.
Asked if action would be taken against Gandhi, Hari Om said: "We
will take action against the organisers. We may consider action
against those who participated. Definitely, we can consider it.
Why can't it be taken against Rahul Gandhi?"
In Delhi, Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi denied that
Gandhi violated the model code of conduct during his campaigning
in Kanpur.
"There was neither a procession, nor a rally," Singhvi said.
"It was only a 'jan sampark (public contact)' programme and there
was absolutely neither the intention, or actual violation of any
code of conduct or any other rule," he said.
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