FIR has been registered by the Kanakagiri Police in the Koppal district against mining baron and former minister G Janardhan Reddy, who left the BJP and founded the Kalyana Rajya Pragati Party (KRPP)
The FIR was registered since KRPP banners were put up on ambulance intended for free public use, the police had already seized it two days prior the FIR was filed.
Apart from G Janardhan Reddy, the FIR included Venkataramana Dasari, Lakshmi Aruna, an ambulance driver, G. Naveen Kumar, the ambulance proprietor, who is the KRPP’s chosen candidate in Kanakagiri.
Pictures of Mr. Reddy, Mrs. Aruna, and Mr. Dasari were featured on banners attached to the ambulance.
As the model code of conduct is in effect for the assembly elections, the party or candidate failed to obtain authorization from the appropriate authority, according to the police, this is why the FIR was filed.