Cong congratulate EC for booking Modi

“Two FIRs have been registered by the city crime branch in connection with the events,” Gujarat DGP P C Thakur told PTI when asked if the police has registered an FIR against Modi.

Sources in the crime branch said that as per EC directive, FIRs have been registered invoking sections specified by the poll panel.

Modi had triggered a controversy when he addressed a press conference immediately after casting his vote at a school at Ranip area of Ahmedabad, part of party veteran L K Advani's Gandhinagar seat, where he prominently displayed BJP's election symbol lotus.

The EC's order directing lodging of a complaint/FIR said Modi had violated the provisions of Sections 126 (1)(a) and 126 (l)(b) of Representation of People Act, 1951.

The maximum punishment under these provisions of RPA is upto two years imprisonment.

Congress party accused him of violating the election law and filed a complaint with the EC.