Jaipur, The Chief Electoral Officer today sent his report to the Election Commission in the case of Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh and BJP Vice President Kailash Meghwal doling out cash at an election meeting in Gagaria village in the district yesterday for garnering votes for Mr Singh’s MP son Manvendra.
”We have forwarded the DEO’s report along with CDs and videogrpahy of the meeting to the commission this afternoon,” an Election Office spokesman said here.
Further action in this regard would now be decided by the Election Commission, he added.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer PC Gupta told UNI that preliminary report said Mr Meghwal had given cash to a woman and Mr Singh had assured of help to the people. Food packets were also distributed among people by them.
However, a Police Department press release here today, added that Mr Meghwal had given Rs 10,000 to Ms Badi, wife of Nangaram Kumhar of Gagaria and Mr Singh had distributed Rs 100 notes among Garasia folk singers who sung at the meeting in his honour.
There were also rumours about distribution of notes among people, the release added.
Meanwhile, talking to UNI in Jaisalmer, Mr Singh adopted a philosophical approach to describe the episode.
He said he had just abided by the popular social practice and convention set by his ancestors and acted on humanitarian grounds.
”We have generations old convention of encouraging social harmony and helping the poor and I do follow it,” he said.
”I do not have money to distribute to people, even than I do intend to help the hungry and poor,” the former Union Minister said.