Raghav Chadha Moves Delhi HC Over Ramesh Bidhuri’s Nomination

“He has concealed FIR pending against him. Concealment of a criminal case is serious offence,” Chadha tweeted.

AAP's South Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Raghav Chadha has filed a writ petition on Saturday, 27 April, seeking disqualification of his challenger and BJP’s candidate from South Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri from the poll fight in Delhi. Chadha, in his writ petition, has challenged the decision of the Returning Officer for accepting nomination papers of Bidhuri despite concealment of important facts.

Have moved Delhi High Court today seeking disqualification of @rameshbidhuri as a candidate. He has concealed FIR pending against him. Concealment of a criminal case is serious offence & am sure his nomination will be rejected as soon as Court looks into the matter.

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) April 27, 2019

Seeking cancellation of Bidhuri’s candidature, Chadha said, “Only a matter of 30 days I'd say till high court cancels his candidature. Urge the people of South Delhi Lok Sabha to not waste their vote on a candidate who will be disqualified anyways. He has lied to the people, to EC, but will soon answer to the law.”

More Legal Trouble for BJP’s Candidates

Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police registered a case against cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir for holding an election rally without taking permission following the directives of EC, a police officer confirmed.

East Delhi Electoral Officer K Mahesh on Saturday asked the police to take action against Gambhir for rallying in Jungpura on Friday without permission and violating the model code of conduct.

"We have registered Delhi Police (DP) Act against Gautam Gambhir and are taking action against him under Non Cognizable Report," Deputy Commissioner of Police Chinmoy Biswal said.

Gambhir is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the East Delhi Constituency.