Srinagar: Former JKPCC president and celebration candidate for the Banihal Assembly phase Vikar Rasool Wani has shrugged off a Uttar Pradesh court docket’s sentencing him and 5 others to 5 months in jail and imposing a nice of ₹ 1,000 on every after discovering them responsible of violating the Model Code of Conduct in an Assembly elections held means again in 2012.

“It is not a big issue or offence. We have filed an appeal in a higher court which has given us bail. In such cases, the accused are just given warning and let off in Jammu and Kashmir”, he instructed reporters on Friday. He added, “My workers and supporters should not be worried. Go and participate in this election without any fear. I’m not going to be arrested.”
As per the prosecution, a public assembly was organized by the Congress with out permission on the Junior High School in Mithepur village of Gulaothi space the Bulandshahr metropolis within the Bulandshahr district of UP throughout the 2012 Assembly elections. The court docket discovered the costs of violating the Model Code of Conduct in opposition to Mr. Wani who was then the Youth Congress normal secretary and others to be legitimate and sentenced him, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Sachin, Ikramuddin and Nazim to 5 months in jail and imposed a nice of 1 thousand rupees every.
Mr. Wani had addressed the gathering, resulting in a case being registered in opposition to him and the others by then Block Development Officer Siyaram Varshney for violating the Model Code of Conduct. After being heard within the Special MP MLA Court, the court docket discovered the costs legitimate and handed down the sentence. Mr. Wani was not too long ago eliminated because the JKPCC chief and changed by Tariq Hameed Karra. He had termed his elimination as a conspiracy to cease him from turning into the subsequent chief minister of J&Ok. He had instructed his supporters in house constituency Banihal, “I want to tell you clearly that several forces have been working behind the scenes to ensure that Vikar Rasool doesn’t become CM of J&K.”