MP Assembly polls: BJP candidate Premshankar Verma booked for violating model code of conduct

With political mercury rising in Madhya Pradesh for upcoming MP polls, BJP candidate from the Seoni-Malwa Assembly constituency, Premshankar Verma, was booked for a violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) on Tuesday. 

Verma, a sitting ruling party MLA from the Seoni-Malwa segment, was booked after he held a rally in a temple without seeking permission from the concerned  authorities.

According to news agency ANI, Premshankar Verma was booked on the basis of a complaint filed by Nationalist Bharat Party candidate Narendra Raghuvanshi, who also posted a video of the rally on social media platform X.

“We received a complaint alleging a violation of the Model Code of Conduct at the Shri Ram Janaki temple by the BJP candidate from Seoni Malwa, Premshankar Verma. Our Static Surveillance Team (SST) team examined the video and determined that the election model code had, indeed, been violated,” Sub-Divisional Police Officer Akanksha Chaturvedi was quoted as saying.

This is the first case of violation of the model code registered in the district.

Verma was also booked under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which pertains to deliberate disobedience of an order given by a public servant.

(With agency inputs)