Varanasi, May 12 (IANS) Ajay Rai, Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi parliamentary constituency, Monday courted controversy when he walked into a polling station to vote with the party symbol tucked on his kurta.
Election law bans the use of any party symbol within 100 metres of the poll station. Officials in the district say the Congress candidate had indeed violated the law.
Dressed in a cream coloured kurta and payjama, Rai walked into the polling station early in the day to cast his vote.
He was accompanied by his wife and he spoke to reporters within 10 metres of the polling station, which again is a breach of law.
Senior district officials told IANS that the returning officer has sought video footage and that action would follow soon.
An FIR was lodged against Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi when he addressed a presser outside a polling station in Gandhinagar and had clicked a selfie with the lotus party symbol in his hand.
The district administration had then clarified that Modi was well outside the 100 metre banned distance when the press conference took place.
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is the party's candidate from Varanasi, told reporters that Rai had clearly violated the law.
RRB-NTPC: 2 BJP MPs met Railway Minister amidst students' agitation, know what happened
The agitation of the students continues after the controversy over the Railway Recruitment Examin
Manish Sisodia's father dead
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Captain Dharam Pal Singh, father of former Delhi minister Manish Sisodia,
India made a strong comeback in the five-match Test series against England and won the second mat
Yogi claims Ramrajya in the dock due to rape and increasing crime in UP
August 16, 2020: A 13-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP and her dead body
Learn the story of 70 thousand people of 254 villages living in lockdown since 7 decades
To put a brake on the speed of outbreak of Coronavirus, the Central Government announced the lock
India to host 22nd World Congress on fertility
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) India will host the 22nd world congress on fertility which aims to pr
Public celebration for Australian cricket team on Monday
Melbourne, March 29 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) will hold a public celebration for its World C
Awareness most important for cleanliness drive: Naidu
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Generation of awareness for behavioural change towards cleanliness and
Animal: Recording of climax song of 'Animal' completed, B Praak shared the information in the post
The film 'Animal' starring actors Ranbir Kapoor and Anil Kapoor is constantly in the news. Ever s
Coronavirus is Back in Schools: Amidst the rising fresh cases of corona infection in various stat
