New Delhi: The Congress has approached the Election Commission seeking action against the Uttar Pradesh administration over "deliberate" security lapses in public meetings and rallies of Rahul Gandhi in the poll-bound state.
In a written complaint to Chief Election Commissioner, the party has mentioned specific instances to draw the EC's attention over what it has called "serious and deliberate" security lapses during the rallies addressed by the AICC general secretary in Uttar Pradesh, party sources said.
Naming organisations like Ramdev Samarthak Manch, Matadata Jagaran Manch and Swabhiman Manch, the party claimed that volunteers of these organisations caused security breaches in Gandhi's programmes on January 19 at Baberu in Banda district, Orai in Jalaun district on January 18 and at Lalitpur on January 17, respectively.
Sources said the party has noted with concern that in all these programmes the volunteers of these organisations occupied the front row with large banners "too conspicuous to have gone unnoticed" by the local police and administration.
Maintaining that this was done with an intention to disturb the campaign activity and that these groups followed the same modus operandi of shouting slogans to create chaos at the three venues, the party said, "this could not have taken place without the connivance or at the very least, the support of local administration."
In the complaint, the Congress has urged the EC to take "immediate cognisance of the matter" and take actions against the groups concerned.
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