Returning officer asks police to register FIR against Gambhir for holding rally without permission

NEW DELHI: The East Delhi returning officer on Saturday asked police to register an FIR against BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir for allegedly holding a public meeting in Jangpura without permission, officials said.


The cricketer-turned-politician is the BJP nominee from the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat and is pitted against AAP's Atishi and senior Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely.

Returning officer, East Delhi parliamentary constituency, K Mahesh, has asked the Delhi Police to take note of the matter.

The public meeting was held on Thursday in Jangpura without permission, the officials said.

Police said they are yet to file a case in the matter.

'When you don't know the rules, why play the game': Atishi asks Gambhir

"When you don't know the rules, why play the game?" This was AAP's East Delhi candidate Atishi's question to her rival from BJP Gautam Gambhir.

In a tweet, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate said after double entries in voters list, now Gambhir faces FIR for holding "illegal rally".


“My question to Gautam Gambhir: When you don't know the rules, why play the game? (sic)” she tweeted.

Atishi Thursday had filed a criminal complaint against Gambhir for allegedly enrolling as a voter in more than one constituency in violation of the Representation of the People Act (RPA).

She had earlier complained to the Election Commission that there were discrepancies in the nomination papers of Gambhir, but the cricketer's candidature was accepted by the poll panel.