BJP Candidate Ramesh Bidhuri Gets EC Notice for ‘Abusing’ Kejriwal
The incumbent BJP MP, Ramesh Bidhuri, has to reply to the poll body notice by 10 May.
The Delhi poll body on Thursday, 9 May, issued a notice to BJP's South Delhi candidate Ramesh Bidhuri for allegedly using a Hindi slur against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a public meeting.
The public meeting, held on Tuesday in Mehrauli, had also seen Union Minister Giriraj Singh take part.
During the rally, Bidhuri used a Hindi slur against the Aam Aadmi Party supremo, and accused him of stalling the prosecution of former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.
AAP's South Delhi candidate Raghav Chadha had lodged a complaint with the Delhi chief electoral officer in connection with the matter, following which a notice was issued to Bidhuri.
The incumbent BJP MP has to reply to the notice by 10 May.
Bidhuri is locked in a triangular fight with boxer Vijender Singh, who is making his electoral debut on a Congress ticket and AAP's debutant candidate Chadha.
Delhi will go to polls on 12 May.
(Published in arrangement with PTI)
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