Chattisgarh CM questions ‘selective’ FIR by UP cops

Raipur, Jan. 17: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has alleged that the Election Commission doesn’t seem to be acting fairly when it is supposed to be transparent, a day after Uttar Pradesh police registered an FIR against him for allegedly flouting COVID-19 norms while campaigning for the assembly polls. “The Election Commission should keep its role transparent. The agency is not seen to be acting fairly at the beginning itself, then what will happen later,” said Baghel in a video statement shared on his Twitter handle.

A UP police spokesperson had said the FIR was lodged against the CM and others for violating COVID-19 rules as set by the Election Commission when they were in Sector 113 police station area in Noida. Baghel, the Congress observer for the upcoming polls, is currently campaigning in the northern state.