Plea in Delhi high court to bar PM Modi from polls

Delhi HC listed for hearing on Friday a PIL that seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi from contesting elections for allegedly violating MCC during his campaign speech in UP’s Pilibhit on April 9. The petition, filed by advocate Anand S Jondhale last week, accuses Modi of seeking votes in the name of “god and place of worship”, and making references to “Hindu deities and Hindu place of worship as well as Sikh deities and Sikh place of worship”.