Kedarnath bypoll: U’khand Cong accuses governor, BJP leaders of violating MCC
Wednesday, 30 OCTOBER 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Karan Mahara has accused the governor lieutenant general (retd) Gurmit Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party State president Mahendra Bhatt and BJP State in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam of violating the model code of conduct imposed in Rudraprayag district due to the Kedarnath Assembly by-election. A delegation of Uttarakhand Congress led by the vice president Mathura Dutt Joshi submitted a memorandum of PCC president to the chief electoral officer (CEO) Uttarakhand BVRC Purushottam on Tuesday.
The PCC president objected to the Badrinath and Kedarnath Yatra of the governor on October 28 during which he interacted with the Teerth Purohits and officers of administration after paying obeisance at Kedarnath. He said that the governor appreciated the development works being undertaken by the government in the meeting which is a violation of the MCC. Mahara said that the governor is the constitutional custodian of the State and one expects him to work in an impartial manner in discharge of his constitutional duties.
The PCC president also objected to the Kedarnath visit of BJP State president Bhatt and State in-charge Gautam where they appealed to the Teerth Purohits to support BJP candidate in the Kedarnath bypoll.
Mahara demanded that the Election Commission should impose an immediate ban on political statements and programmes of the governor. He said that action should be taken against the State BJP president and BJP State in charge for open violation of the MCC.
