Delhi High Court delays hearing of plea seeking PM’s disqualification from polls
The Delhi High Court has delayed a hearing scheduled for Friday on a plea seeking the disqualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) while addressing a campaign event in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit earlier this month.
The court did not take up the matter today as the bench did not assemble. It will not come up for hearing on April 29.
The plea filed by Anand S Jondhale last week seeks the Prime Minister’s disqualification from contesting elections for a period of six years.
It said that the Prime Minister, while addressing the election rally in Pilibhit on April 9 in support of the BJP candidate from the seat, Jitin Prasada, had allegedly made references to Hindu and Sikh deities as he sought votes for the party.
He said that the Opposition INDIA bloc parties “have always hated the construction of the Ram Temple” in Ayodhya.
“They rejected the Ram Temple’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ invitation and insulted Ram Lalla. Those from their party who attended the ceremony were suspended from the party for six years,” he said.
Prime Minister Modi also said at the rally that the INDIA alliance has “decided to finish ‘Shakti’”.