FIR ordered against Jaya on charge of filing false affidavit

In fresh trouble for Jaya Bachchan, the Election Commission on Tuesday ordered that an FIR be registered against the Samajwadi Party MP for allegedly concealing property details in her affidavit while filing her nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections. The ADG of Uttar Pradesh Police Brij Lal said SSP Lucknow Akhil Kumar was taking "legal opinion" before the FIR is filed by police against the actress and wife of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan following the direction by the Commission. Principal Secretary Vidhan Sabha RP Pandey, who was the Returning Officer for the Elections, said "We have ordered lodging of an FIR against the MP for giving a false affidavit with her nomination papers for the June 2006 elections." The action followed a complaint with the Election Commission by a Congress leader Amir Haider that the MP had allegedly concealed information pertaining to some property purchased by her husband Amitabh Bachchan in Barabanki district in the state. Concealing property details while filing nomination papers is a violation of the relevant sections of the Peoples Representative's Act and the offence is punishable under the Indian Penal Code, Pandey said. Jaya was re-elected to Rajya Sabha on SP ticket on 8th June 2006 (till 2010) after she was disqualified on March, 2006 from being a member of the Upper House in the wake of the Office of Profit controversy. Within months after her re-election to Rajya Sabha, Bachchan was issued notice by Pandey who was asked to look into the matter following Haider's complaint to the Commission. An inquiry was ordered during which Jaya Bachchan contended that she had not concealed any property details.

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