Siwan, May 17 (UNI) Additional chief judicial magistrate (I) Arvind Kumar of Siwan ordered on Saturday to proclaim RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with violation of the model code of conduct during 2011 Bihar Assembly Elections.
Defying the repeated court orders, Yadav did not appear before the court following which a non-bailable warrant was also issued against him. Finally, the court ordered on Saturday to proclaim Yadav under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Yadav, the then Railway Minister and MP, had addressed an electoral rally in Daraunda assembly constituency in favour of his party candidate Parmeshwar Singh without administrative permission.