Ahmedabad: Gujarat police on Wednesday submitted a report before a local court saying that the Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi had not committed any cognisable offence by not disclosing his marital status in his nomination form at the time of 2012 Assembly elections.
An AAP leader, Nishant Verma had approached the court, seeking a direction to the police to register a first information report against Modi over the non-disclosure of marital status in the election affidavit in 2012.
Modi, when he contested Assembly elections earlier, never furnished information about his marital status, leaving the respective column blank.
Only this time, when he stood for the Lok Sabha elections from Vadodara, he mentioned his wife’s name (Jasoda Ben) in his affidavit, thereby declaring that he was married.
“No cognisable offence made out against Narendra Modi for leaving a column about his marital status blank in his affidavit filed before the Election Commission,” a report by the city crime branch said.
The report was submitted to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate M M Sheikh by the police. Verma’s lawyer, advocate Shamshad Pathan, said police had not given a copy of the report to his client.
The Magistrate then directed the police to give Verma a copy and posted the matter for further hearing on June 7.
Verma, in his complaint, has also sought action against the returning officer of Maninanagar Assembly constituency in 2012, PK Jedeja.
Verma wanted police to register FIR against Modi under the Indian Penal Code for giving a false statement, giving false evidence under oath, etc.
When police did not entertain his complaint, he moved the court, which sought a report.
Nitish congratulates Modi
Patna: Bihar’s former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated arch-rival Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
“I congratulate and greet Narendra Modi for his victory and becoming the PM-designate,” he said in a Facebook post.
Kumar’s gesture followed Modi congratulating Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. In the post, Kumar also gave the reasons for giving up the chief minister’s post.
“I did not get majdoori (wage) for my labour in the results of general elections. I thought I need to win your faith once more and resigned on moral grounds,” he wrote.
“I have given up chair but not my responsibility towards Bihar. Once again I will try to win your trust and support for making a strong and prosperous Bihar and a lively India,” he said.
“I have never practised politics of comfort and compromised with my ideology… I am son of a freedom fighter…my life is an open book and I have never tried to win peoples trust my marketing myself,” he said. (PTI)
