Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi has been booked for allegedly ‘promising’ to give away laptops, colour TVs and dhoti-saris to voters at an election rally, with the party leader contesting the FIR and urging the EC to look into the matter.
Superintendent of Police of Kaimur district Harpreet Kaur told PTI that an FIR had been lodged with Bhabua Police Station against Modi for inducing voters by promising colour TVs, laptops and dhoti-saris.
Sushil Modi had allegedly made these promises on Monday during an address to an election meeting while campaigning for BJP candidate Anand Bhusan Pandey.
The case was booked on the basis of the video footage of the incident.
“I had said to provide laptops to 50,000 boys and girls if our government is formed in Bihar along with colour TVs and dhoti-saris. It was meant to spell the vision of the party for the citizens and there is nothing wrong in it,” Sushil Modi later said. “Every party spells what it intends to do after the election. So whats wrong in it?”, the former Deputy Chief Minister asked.