The Pioneer, March 26, 2009
PNS | Bhawanipatna
After filing his nomination papers for the Junagarh Assembly seat on the BJP ticket on Tuesday, Himansu Sekhar Meher has landed in trouble because of his alleged violation of the model code of conduct for elections.
Around 60 to 75 vehicles were allegedly taken by Meher to the Sub-Collector’s office of Dharmagarh for filing his nomination, as per a report submitted by the Sub-Divisional Returning Officer of Dharmagarh to Kalahandi District Collector R Santhagopalan, who is the Returning Officer.
As per rules, a candidate can take up to three vehicles, including bikes, maintaining a distance of 100 metre zone inside the office premises to file nomination. Talking to The Pioneer, Santhagopalan said that after watching the videotape he has sought a reply from Meher within 24 hours.
However, in his defence Meher told The Pioneer that his political opponents sent all these vehicles to tarnish his image as he was a sitting MLA of Junagarh. He had taken only three vehicles with him and he was totally ignorant about rest of the other vehicles.
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