Former deputy chief minister and BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa has filed a caveat in the Karnataka High Court to ensure no ex-parte order is passed if the Shivamogga district BJP moves court seeking an order restricting him from using the portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Lok Sabha election campaign.
The former minister, who has raised a banner of revolt against the State unit of the BJP, moved the court as he received information that his rivals could move court with a plea to restrict him from using Mr. Modi’s photo.
Mr. Eshwarappa informed The Hindu over phone that he had filed the caveat in the High Court on April 5. “There is no restriction on using the Prime Minister’s photo in the campaign. However, anticipating that some people may object, I have filed a caveat,” he said.
