37. PIL accuses Kejriwal of
fake poll promises’
The day after FIR against
AAP protest, PIL accuses Kejriwal of ‘fake
poll promises’
Earlier, an NGO moved HC
for quashing Kejriwal's nomination for alleged
illegalities in election affidavit.
New Delhighaziabad
| Updated: January 22, 2014 1:32 pm
A PIL has sought FIR
against Arvind Kejriwal for making ‘fake’ poll
promises.
Hours after an NGO moved
the Delhi High Court for quashing nomination
of Arvind Kejriwal for alleged illegalities in
election affidavit, another PIL was filed in the
HC on Wednesday seeking an FIR against the Delhi
Chief Minister and his Aam Aadmi Party for
making false promises. The court will hear the
matter after examining the jurisdiction issue.
Filing the petition,
advocate ML sharma said that the Home Ministry
should have taken suo motu action and ordered
FIR against AAP under Section 420 of IPC, for
making poll promises which cannot be realised.
Earlier, an NGO filed a
petition the court alleging that Kejriwal had
given incorrect information in the election
affidavit. The court, however, refused to
entertain NGO’s plea and directed it to move the
appropriate magisterial court. Hearing the
petition, the Chief Justice asked the petitioner
to approach an appropriate forum, saying that
voters can file election petition.
The counsel for the
Election Commission said that under S 125
Representation of People’s Act, falsifying or
concealing information in an election affidavit
is a criminal offence. The lawyer said he will
file criminal case as per provisions.
Earlier in the
day, Kejriwal, who sat on a two-day dharna
outside Rail Bhawan, was on Wednesday admitted
to hospital with acute bronchitis.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police has
registered an FIR against unknown persons in
connection with Kejriwal’s dharna in the heart
of the national capital that witnessed many
violent scuffles in the high-security area where
prohibitory orders were in place. The
altercations between police and AAP workers had
left at least 31 people, including policemen and
media personnel, injured.
During his over 30-hour
protest, Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues
slept in the open outside Rail Bhawan. Kejriwal
was taken to the Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziabad
and is said to be undergoing tests. He is
suffering from acute bronchitis and had fever in
the night, sources at Yashoda Hospital said. A
CT scan has been conducted on him at the
hospital besides various other tests.
Kejriwal, who had on Monday
night slept on the road and held cabinet
meetings with his colleagues in his car,
announced that he was calling off the protest
following the “victory” achieved by the people
of Delhi.
The Delhi Chief Minister’s
dharna came to an end on Tuesday night after two
police officers were sent on leave under a neat
compromise with the Centre over his demand for
suspension of five officials for alleged
dereliction of duty.
The case was registered at
Parliament Street Police Station last night
under section 186 (obstructing public servant in
discharge of duty) and section 333(voluntarily
causing grievous hurt to deter public servant
from duty) of IPC, police sources said.
(With PTI inputs)
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