Uddhav, Gadkari booked for poll code violation

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A complaint has been registered against Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and BJP state president Nitin Gadkari for their alleged derogatory statements against the prime minister during a rally, police said on Friday.

"An FIR has been registered against Thackeray and Gadkari for the statements made in their speech on March 20 at the Swan mill compound in central Mumbai," a senior police official from the Kalachowkie police station said.

The complaint was filed since the speeches made were allegedly in violation of the model code of conduct and the leaders had allegedly made derogatory statements against the Prime Minister, the official said.

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