Poll code: UP court issues NBW against ex-MP Jaya Prada

Bareilly (UP), December 21

A special court in Rampur has issued an arrest warrant against former parliamentarian Jaya Prada in two cases related to violation of poll code during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

“The MP/MLA court has fixed January 9 for the next hearing in the case and issued NBW on Tuesday following the continued absence of Jaya Prada from hearing in the case,” government advocate Amarnath Tiwari said. Two FIRs were lodged against the former MP in different police stations of the district on April 18 and 19, Tiwari informed.

Jaya Prada is a former Samajwadi Party MP from Rampur who joined the BJP before the 2019 General Election. She lost to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in the 2019 polls.