FIR against Adityanath for defying ban on poll meeting

September 11, 2014 10:14

Hours after BJP leader Yogi Adityanath defied a ban on his election meeting in Lucknow, police lodged an FIR against the controversial MP and other party leaders who participated in the rally.

SSP Praveen Kumar today said that cases were lodged late last night against Adityanath 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.

A district administration official said that "An FIR has been lodged against BJP candidate from Lucknow (east) seat Ashutosh Tandon Gopalji and others under various sections of the IPC at Ghazipur Police Station".

He said the entire meeting was videographed by the administration.

"Others (whose names are lodged in the FIR) include all those who are visible in the video," he said.

Other than Adityanath, BJP MPs Jagdambika Pal, Lallu Singh and former MP and father of Gopalji Lalji Tandon were present during the meeting.

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