The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to issue notice, and call for an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for election campaign speeches he has made on communal lines.
A mention was made before a summer vacation bench of Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira and R. Kalaimathi on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, stating that the High Court Registry was refusing to number the writ petition just because the allegations had been made against the Prime Minister.
The judges advised the petitioner’s counsel A.P. Suryaprakasam to answer the queries raised by the Registry and get the petition numbered. Filing an affidavit on behalf of TNCC, its president K. Selvaperunthagai said, the Prime Minister had made unsavoury remarks against Muslims in multiple meetings since April 21.
