FIR Filed Against Rahul For Poll Code Violation

Kanpur, Feb 20: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was today booked for alleged violation of model code of conduct by UP authorities, which said that his road show here had breached the time limit and the roadmap set by them. “The district administration had allocated time till noon and fixed a 20-km route for Rahul Gandhi's road show but Rahul Gandhi violated it and stretched it beyond permitted time. However, state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who was part of the road show, denied there was any violation of the model code of conduct and accused the district administration of trying to stop Rahul's mass contact programme at the behest of the Mayawati Government. “The district administration had fixed a 20-km route for Rahul Gandhi's road show as today is Shivratri and there could be a traffic problem.