Case Against Mehbooba Mufti for Violating Poll Code on Voting Day in Anantnag

Srinagar: A case was filed against PDP leader and former CM Mehbooba Mufti, who is contesting from Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat for ‘violating’ the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during voting on May 25.

She is alleged to have defied restrictions under Section 144 CrPc by holding a dharna on the road along with party workers at Bijbehara in south Kashmir while polling was underway. She resorted to this protest demanding the release of her polling agents and workers who, she alleged, were detained just before voting. She also wrote to the Election Commission of India seeking its intervention.

An FIR has been lodged against her in the Bijbehara police station of South Kashmir following a complaint lodged by the assistant returning officer.

Reacting to the FIR, Mehbooba wrote on X, “Amusing to find an FIR filed against me for apparently flouting MCC. This is the price PDP has paid for speaking truth to power. Our protest was against GOI in cahoots with the local administration for detaining hundreds of PDP polling agents & workers in the hours leading up to voting. Still not satisfied, the same administration went on to launch Cordon & Search Operations in traditional PDP stronghold areas to terrorise our voters and prevent them from exercising their right to vote. Ulta chor kotwal ko daante”.