EC to File FIR Against Gambhir for Holding Rally Without Permit

Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir joined the BJP on Friday, 22 March, in the presence of Union Minister Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad.

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The Election Commission on Saturday, 27 April, directed the East Delhi Returning Officer to file an FIR against Gautam Gambhir, BJP's candidate from the East Delhi parliamentary constituency for "holding a rally without permission."

“We have received a complaint from the Election Commission on Friday against Gautam Gambhir for conducting a meeting on Thursday in Lajpat Nagar. We took action under Delhi Police Act and filed a Kalandara against him after issuing challan,” said DCP (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal told The Indian Express.

Reacting to the EC’s direction, AAP candidate Atishi asked Gambhir, “when you don’t know the rules, why play the game.”

Earlier on Friday, 26 April, AAP filed a criminal complaint against the BJP candidate from the constituency, Gambhir, over possession of two voter IDs in two separate constituencies of Delhi.

Gambhir, as alleged by Atishi, possesses voter IDs from both Karol Bagh and Rajinder Nagar.

He had also failed to disclose the same in his election affidavit to the Returning Officer while filing his nomination, Atishi alleged on Twitter.

(With inputs from ANI, the Indian Express)