FIR registered against Surendra Nath Singh after Collector’s order
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal, FIR has been lodged against BJP MLA (Bhopal Madhya Assembly seat) Surendra Nath Singh for the presence of large number of children during the organisation of Yuva Town Hall programme on Sunday.
The Chief Minister has attended the programme where several school students were in attendance. The organisers of the programmes have come under the lens of Election Commission of India for not adhering to the code of conduct.
The opposition Congress had objected to the presence of school students at the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha programme addressed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The programme, titled ‘nav-matdata town hall’ of the BJYM, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing, was held Sunday at the Ravindra Bhawan campus.
After clips of the programme, showing students in school uniform in attendance, were televised on TV channels, the Congress said it would file a complaint Monday on violation of the model code of conduct. MP goes to polls on November 28 and counting of votes will take place on December 11.
A large number of school students were present in this programme. The Congress will file a complaint in this regard with the Election Commission,” said Bhupendra Gupta, vice president of state Congress media cell.
Gupta said this means that the BJP doesn’t have young workers or supporters who can attend this programme. This shows that the BJP has lost its connect with the people. They don’t have workers to fill even a small space at Ravindra Bhawan, which is meant for only a thousand people.
BJYM state president Abhilash Pandey, however, claimed that school students were not invited to the programme. There were ten thousand people in this programme. It may be possible that they (students) might have come with someone. We have not invited them. Congress is levelling allegations out of desperation, he claimed.
Sagar MLA Shailendra Jain also booked
Sagar BJP MLA Shailendra Jain has also been booked for violation of Model Code. Moti Nagar police registered cases against about two dozen people, including the MLA. According to the police, they were taking out a rally without permission. A special flying squad booked the participants on the orders of returning officer SS Shrivastava.