Amethi: Soon after an FIR was filed against Aam Aadmi Party leaders Somnath Bharti, Pankaj Shukla and 30 to 40 others in Amethi for violation of Model Code of Conduct, Bharti has accused the police of being partisan "since the beginning."
"There is no action against attacks on us by Congress workers. No arrests have been made. They are after us since Monday that we should leave. We have lodged complaint that we don't have faith on local administration and there is no hope for free and fair election," he said.
An FIR was lodged against AAP leaders for involvement in a clash on Monday night with the police. AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas and his supporters had clashed with the local police claiming harassment on Monday night. Vishwas alleged that the police landed up at his house and asked his supporters, who are not voters of Amethi to leave the city or face arrest.
The police, however, said that they were enforcing the Election Commission rules to ensure outside campaigners leave Amethi after the campaigning ended on Monday evening, considering Amethi goes to polls on Wednesday, May 7. Vishwas reportedly got into a verbal spat with the police accusing them of targeting only their party while ignoring the Congress and the BJP.
Kumar Vishwas is taking on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and BJP leader Smriti Irani in Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections.
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