Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress Pune LS seat nominee Dhangekar booked for unlawful assembly, poll code violation

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Amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024, a case of unlawful assembly and poll code violation has been registered against Congress's Pune Lok Sabha seat candidate Ravindra Dhangekar and 40 other party workers after they staged an agitation alleging cash distribution to voters by the BJP on election eve, police said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.

Dhangekar along with around 40 Congress activists on Sunday evening staged a sit-in outside the Sahakarnagar police station in Pune city alleging BJP workers were involved in cash distribution to voters on the eve of May 13 (Monday) polling in the constituency, and sought action in the matter, reported PTI.

"We asked him to register a formal complaint regarding his allegation. However, he and others continued the protest and shouted slogans," said an officer from the Sahakarnagar police station, reported PTI.

According to the police, Dhangekar and his party workers' gathering was illegal and in violation of the model code of conduct which was in force for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024, reported PTI.

A case has been registered against him and other Congress workers for violation of the model code of conduct, unlawful assembly and under relevant sections of the Representation of the People's Act, said the officer.

(With inputs from PTI)