An FIR was lodged against RJD President Lalu Prasad on Tuesday for making allegedly casteist remarks as the Election Commission prima facie found them violative of the model of conduct ahead of the Assembly elections in Bihar.
The FIR was registered with Ganga Bridge police station in Vaishali district by Circle Officer Raghopur Neeranjan Kumar in connection, Vaishali district SP Rakesh Kumar said.
Campaign for his son Tejaswi Yadav who is contesting from Raghopur, the RJD supremo had described the Sssembly elections as a direct fight between “the backward castes and forward castes” and gave a call to Yadavs and other backward castes to rally behind the Grand Alliance to defeat the BJP-led NDA.
Additional Chief Election Officer R Lakshamanan said that the case was registered against the RJD chief on the basis of video footage of his utterances at a political meeting in Raghopur on Sunday.
Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi had on Monday said that any casteist remark was a breach of EC guidelines and the Commission would deal with such matters under its legal framework. He had also said the Election Commission would find out the details of the alleged casteist remarks by Prasad and take appropriate action.