EC to check footage of Modi
nomination filing
Poll officials in Gujarat
will
check the video footage to determine
whether Narendra Modi
entered Vadodara District
Collector's office, where he filed
his nomination today, with more
supporters than stipulated
though prima facie there appears to
be no violation of norms.
The
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat has
asked
the Vadodara Collector to provide
the footage of BJP's Prime
Ministerial candidate's entry into
his office.
"After
watching the visuals on TV channels, we have
asked the District Collector to
submit the video on Modi's
entry with his supporters. As per
rules, only five people can
go with a candidate while filing papers.
"As they were two candidates
(Modi & Balkrishna Shukla
who filed
his papers as dummy BJP candidate), ten people can
go with
them. Prime facie, there seems to be no violation but
we will
check the footage," CEO Anita Karwal told reporters.
"I got oral instructions over
telephone from the Election
Commission
to look into the issue," Vadodara Collector Vinod
Rao said
The Collector denied any prima facie
breach of poll code.
Five people
can enter with one candidate, as there was another
candidate (Shukla),
ten people can be allowed inside, the
officer
said.
The Election Commission will check
the video footage
provided by
the Collector before deciding on any action.
Earlier, Modi filed his nomination
from Vadodara Lok
Sabha seat
after conducting a road-show in the city where he
was greeted
by thousands of BJP supporters.
The saffron stalwart was accompanied
by a local
tea-vendor,
Kiran Mahida, and a member of Vadodara's royal
family
Shubhanginidevi Raje-Gaekwad apart from two BJP leaders
at the time
of submitting his papers.
Modi is also contesting election
from Varanasi
he is
facing AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and local Congress
MLA Ajay
Rai.
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