Congress moves EC, seeks FIR against Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

New Delhi, January 13

The Congress urged the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday to initiate criminal proceedings against Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Chief Secretary and other functionaries of the state government, alleging that they back-dated appointments, transfers and postings and tampered with official records, violating the model code of conduct.

Poll code ‘violated’

The Congress has alleged that Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Chief Secretary and other functionaries back-dated appointments, transfers and postings and tampered with official records, violating the model code of conduct.

In a memorandum submitted to the EC, the Congress alleged “gross violations” of the poll code and the Representation of the People Act, 1951 by the BJP government in Uttarakhand.

“As the BJP government knows that it will be routed in the elections, it tampered with official records by back-dated appointments and transfers and postings,” the Opposition party alleged.

It demanded that action and criminal proceedings, including registration of FIRs, be initiated against Dhami, Chief Secretary SS Sandhu and other functionaries of the Uttarakhand Government.

The EC should set aside or declare illegal the back-dated appointments of BJP leaders to the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee as these were in violation of the model code of conduct, the Congress said. —