Muzaffarpur, September 03: A Bihar court today summoned JD(U) Rajya Sabha member George Fernandes to appear before it on November 3 next to explain his position in connection with a case related to violation of model code of elections.
First Class Judicial Magistrate R K Bharti issued the order following a chargesheet submitted by the police in this connection.
An FIR was filed by the Muzaffarpur district administration against Fernandes charging him with moving in a convoy of vehicles not not permitted by the district authorities on March 24, 2009 under Town police station in the district just before the LS polls.
Fernandes, who unsuccessfully contested the elections to the Lok Sabha seat as an independent MLA following denial of a JD(U) nomination, later returned to the party which sent him to Rajya Sabha in the bye-elections to the lone seat in Bihar.
—Agencies