Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
New Delhi/Rampur, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, along with 19 others, was
convicted by a Rampur Court for breaching prohibitory orders during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Mr. Naqvi, who is currently in the Court custody, got bail.
The court sentenced him for one year jail term even as the BJP supporters thronged the court
premises and were seen shouting slogans in support of the minister.
Mr. Naqvi along with 19 other people were booked in Patwai police station in Rampur for
allegedly breaching prohibitory orders and barging in a police station in Patwai area while
campaigning during 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
They were charged for unlawful assembly under sections of the IPC and Criminal Law
Amendment Act.
