The Madras High Court on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, refused to issue a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider a plea to cancel the ‘lotus’ symbol allotted to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on grounds that it was both a national flower and a religious symbol.
The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy dismissed a writ petition filed by ‘Gandhiyawathi’ T. Ramesh, president of the Ahimsa Socialist Party, seeking a direction to consider a representation made by him on September 22, 2023.
