Bahujan Samaj Party leader Akash Anand booked for ‘promoting enmity’, violating poll code
The nephew of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had described the BJP regime as a ‘government of traitors’ during a campaign speech.
The Uttar Pradesh Police booked Bahujan Samaj Party leader Akash Anand for promoting enmity between people after he allegedly used unparliamentary language while criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party government at a rally in Sitapur on Sunday, ANI reported.
“The speech was made using unparliamentary language in an attempt to incite violence among people,” ANI quoted Sitapur Superintendent of Police Chakresh Mishra as saying. “A case of violation of the Model Code of Conduct has been registered.”
The Model Code of Conduct is a set of guidelines issued by the poll panel for political parties, candidates and governments to follow during an election. It sets guardrails for speeches, meetings, processions, election manifestos and other aspects of the polls.
While addressing a poll rally ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Sitapur, the nephew of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati described the BJP as a “government of traitors”, The Indian Express reported.
“Where children go hungry, where women and girls face abuse, where the youth are jobless, and where people are exploited under the guise of free rations, there is a government of terrorists,” Anand said. “Such a government is run by the Taliban in Afghanistan.”
The 28-year-old said that the BJP government was not of bulldozers but of terrorists, the newspaper reported.
“Take out your slippers, sticks, and shoes,” Anand asked voters....
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