FIRs have been filed against Bihar minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and four MPs including BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Pappu Yadav of RJD and his wife.
FIRs have been filed against Bihar minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and four MPs including BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Pappu Yadav of RJD and his wife for allegedly violating the model code of conduct for elections.
LJP's Ranjita Ranjan, Pappu's spouse, and RJD MP Ramkripal Yadav have also been booked on the charge.
State minister for Welfare Jitan Ram Manjhi was found returning to Patna from Gaya in a beacon-fitted official car in Nalanda district on Monday afternoon by sub-divisional officer Juity Kumar who took him to the Ekangarsarai police station.
Kumar lodged a case against Manjhi under section 171 (F) of the RP Act for using an official car in violation of the model code of conduct.
The SDO said he allowed the minister to return to Patna in a private vehicle and the official car was seized.
An FIR against Rudy, BJP spokesman and Rajya Sabha MP, was filed on Sunday at Bhagwan Bazaar police station on the directive of Saran district magistrate accusing him of holding a press conference at the circuit house in Chapra on March 4 in violation of the model code of conduct, sources said.
RJD Lok Sabha member from Madhepura Pappu, who was recently granted regular bail by Patna High Court in the CPI-M MLA Ajit Sarkar murder case in which he has been convicted by a subordinate court, and his wife and who represents Saharsa too faced the music for violating the model code of conduct.
The duo have been charged with attending public receptions under Sadar, K-hat and Kasba police stations without seeking prior permission from competent authorities in violation of the model code of conduct for elections, official sources said.
Another FIR was filed on Sunday at the Bhagwanganj police station in Patna district charging Ramkripal Yadav and two others with holding a public meeting at Kharoch without permission.
Besides Yadav, former RJD MLA Dharmendra Kumar and Masaurhi block RJD president Chandrashekhar Prasad Singh have also been named in the FIR, deputy superintendent of Police V K Verma said.
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