Delhi High Court rejects plea seeking ban on PM Modi from contesting elections for six years

Allegations of asking for votes based on religion

Credits : NDTV

New Delhi – The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea seeking a six-year ban on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections. The petitioner advocate Anand Jondhale alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had violated the code of conduct. While dismissing the petition, the court said the petition was ‘totally wrong for several reasons’.

The high court said the petition is thoroughly misconceived on multiple reasons, including that once the petitioner submitted a complaint to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on April 10, there was no occasion for him to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this court even before the disposal of the complaint by the commission.

Jondhale had said in the petition that the Prime Minister had sought votes in the name of Hindu Deities, Sikh Gurus and their places of worship in his speech in Pilibhit, UP on 9the April 2024. Modi built the Ram Mandir and developed the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. He said that the Prime Minister removed the goods and services tax on goods used in langar (Distribution of large quantity of food to all visitors and devotees) in Gurdwaras, and brought back copies of the Guru Granth Sahib from Afghanistan. According to the code of conduct, no party or candidate can perform any action that would initiate discord between 2 castes or communities.