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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(With agency inputs)