Case filed against Amit Shah for poll code violation in Hyderabad

A case has been registered against union home minister Amit Shah and other BJP leaders, including Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency candidate K Madhavi Latha, G Kishan Reddy, T Yaman Singh and Raja Singh for allegedly violating the model code of conduct (MCC) by using children during their election campaign in Hyderabad.

Amit Shah in Hyderabad(X/ @TheNaveena)

The Hyderabad police filed the case on a complaint by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) vice- president Niranjan Reddy, in which the latter claimed that in the BJP rally from Laldawaza to Sudha Talkies on May 1 in which several BJP leaders, including Shah participated, a few children were seen on the dais with Shah.

Reddy further claimed that one of the children was even seen with a BJP symbol, highlighting that it was a clear violation of the guidelines of the Election Commission, according to information available in the FIR accessed by HT Telugu.