The petitioner, Fatima, submitted that the ECI failed to take any action against PM Modi
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi from elections for six years for “seeking votes in the name of religious deities and places of worship”.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SC Sharma asked the petitioner to approach the authorities concerned for the redressal of the grievance.
The bench said, “Such a plea filed directly before the apex court under Article 32 of the Constitution could not be entertained and relevant authorities should be approached first.”
The petitioner’s counsel sought liberty to approach the ECI with the grievance raised in the plea. Without granting any liberty, the apex court dismissed the petition as withdrawn.
The petitioner, Fatima, a Delhi-based resident, submitted that since the ECI failed to take any action against the Prime Minister, she is approaching the apex court in a great hurry.
The plea alleged that PM Modi “not only sought votes in the name of Hindu and Sikh deities and their places of worship but also made comments against opposite political parties as favouring Muslims.”
Earlier in April, the Delhi High Court had dismissed a petition seeking the disqualification of PM Modi for allegedly soliciting votes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by invoking Hindu and Sikh deities and places of worship.
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