Bhabanipur assembly bypoll: BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal responds to EC’s notice over COVID-19 norms violation

BJP's  Priyanka Tibrewal alleged, "I had challenged Mamata Banerjee's nomination, so she has made this complaint to harass me." 

New Delhi: BJP leader and candidate from Bhabanipur constituency Priyanka Tibrewal on Wednesday (September 15) denied allegations of violating COVID-19 norms while filing her nomination papers. 

Replying to the Election Commission's show-cause notice over complaints of Model Code and Covid-rule violations, she said, "The Election Commission has sent me a letter after the Trinamool filed a complaint alleging that I had taken a huge number of people when I had gone to file my nomination and thus violated the Model Code of Conduct as well as the Covid-19 protocols. I will reply with whatever will be my answer,” IANS reported. 

"I would also like to say that Suvendu Adhikari was alone in my vehicle. There was no one else. Arjun Singh and Dinesh Trivedi came in their own vehicle. So how did I violate the poll code? There was no flag in my vehicle either," she added.