Maya has deliberately put Rahul’s life in danger: Cong to EC

Naming organisations like Ramdev Samarthak Manch,Matadata Jagaran Manch and Swabhiman Manch,the party said volunteers of these organisations caused security breaches in Gandhi’s programmes on January 19 at Baberu in Banda district,Orai in Jalaun district on January 18 and at Lalitpur on January 17,respectively.

Sources said the party had noted with concern that in all these programmes the volunteers of these organisations occupied the front row with large banners “too conspicuous to have gone unnoticed” by the local police and administration.

Maintaining that this was done with an intention to disturb the campaign activity and that these groups followed the same modus operandi of shouting slogans to create chaos at the three venues,the party said,”This could not have taken place without the connivance or at the very least,the support of local administration.”

In the complaint,the Congress has urged the EC to take “immediate cognisance of the matter” and take actions against the groups concerned.

In the complaint,the AICC said,”We also urge the Election Commission to take strict action against the local administration for the complete failure of the administrative machinery to prevent these happenings.”

Secretary of the Legal and Human Rights Department of the AICC,K C Mittal said,”Recurrence of such incidents in the meetings addressed by Gandhi,a SPG protectee,points to the failure on the part of the state machinery. It is a serious lapse and violation.”

Mittal said that if the party was able to identify the individuals responsible for these incidents,it would ask the EC to issue instructions to the UP government to ensure that action was taken against these elements as per law.