The Election Commission on Sunday issued directions for registration of a criminal case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for alleged violation of the Representation of the People Act and the Indian Penal Code.
“Being the Chief Minister of Delhi and a star campaigner of AAP in Goa, he is expected to conduct in an exemplary manner in election campaigns in a law abiding manner so as to be a role model for others to emulate, but he has on several occasions violated provisions of the Model Code of Conduct by breaking his assurance to the ECI given during the Delhi Assembly elections in 2015,” said the order.
Based on its observations on repeated violations, EC concluded that Mr. Kejriwal had violated Section 123(1) of the Representation of the People Act, read with Sections 171B and 171E of the Indian Penal Code.
“Therefore, the Commission directs that necessary legal action be initiated by filing an FIR/complaint against Mr. Kejriwal for the statements in of respect of the above on and after January 8. A compliance report in this regard should be sent to the Commission latest by 3.00 p.m. on January 31,” said the Commission.
The EC had earlier censured Mr. Kejriwal for his public speech at Mapusa in Goa, accusing him of abetting the offence of bribery and violating the Model Code of Conduct by asking people to accept money from BJP workers and vote for AAP instead.
