US EditionLalan Singh Faces Backlash Over Intimidation Remarks in Mokama
The FIR follows Lalan Singh's remarks urging NDA supporters to intimidate opposition voters amid heightened tensions from a related murder case in Mokama, Bihar.
- On Tuesday , the Patna district administration registered an FIR against Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh after reviewing a viral campaign clip purportedly showing him urging NDA supporters to intimidate opponents on polling day.
- The controversy stems from a viral campaign clip showing Singh instructing JD workers while campaigning in Mokama for jailed candidate Anant Singh, amid a murder probe that has already drawn flak.
- Authorities said the FIR cites the Representation of the People Act and the BNSS, while Rashtriya Janata Dal called Singh's conduct `bulldozer over the chest of the Election Commission` and Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala called it `gundagardi and jungle raj`.
- With polling scheduled for November 6 and November 11, the Election Commission of India issued a 24-hour notice to Singh seeking an explanation after the FIR surfaced.
- Tensions in Mokama, within Lalan's Munger seat, intensified after multiple arrests and judicial custody as Anant Singh and two others were detained following a Central Armed Police Forces operation involving over 150 personnel.
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