FIR against CM Atishi for poll code violation ahead of Delhi elections

The Delhi Police on Tuesday lodged a first information report (FIR) against a Public Works Department (PWD) officer for allowing his vehicle to be used to transport election campaign material belonging to Delhi chief minister Atishi.

The CM was named in the FIR for “using a government vehicle for her own political purpose” in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), based on a complaint filed by a returning officer in Kalkaji on January 8.

The development invited sharp rebuke from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which alleged that the “Delhi Police, officers and Election Commission officials were acting under the pressure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)”.