The Gujarat High Court today upheld a lower court order rejecting a petition filed by an AAP worker against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged poll code breach in 2014, saying that the magistrate had do so in an appropriate manner. Justice J B Pardiwala while upholding the lower court order rejected admission of the petition.<br/><br/>The petition was filed by Aam Aadmi Party worker Nishant Verma against the verdict of the local court, which in May this year had dismissed his plea seeking legal action against Mr. Modi for allegedly breaching the poll code last year.<br/><br/>On April 30, last year, when the voting was underway on 26 Lok Sabha seats of Gujarat, Mr. Modi, the then Prime Ministerial candidate of BJP, had addressed a press conference immediately after he voted in a school at Ranip area of Ahmedabad and displayed his party's symbol lotus, according to the petition. Mr. Modi also took a selfie from his mobile phone while holding a replica of the party's symbol — lotus, it said.
News On AIR | November 5, 2015 2:00 PM
Guj HC rejects plea against Modi for alleged poll code breach