The petition filed by a lawyer named Anand S Jondhale has referred to a speech delivered by Modi in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh on April 9 where the Prime Minister “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 favoring Muslims”.
Jondhale said that during his speech, PM Modi appealed to the voters to vote for BJP in the name of “Hindu deities and Hindu place of worships as well as Sikh deities and Sikh place of worship.”
“This statement of the Respondent No.2 [Modi] creating hatred by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise, promotes or attempts to promote, on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community or any other ground whatsoever, disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities,” the plea said.
Source: Barandbench
