Chennai: In a writ suit filed in the Madras High Court on Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee requested that the Election Commission of India (ECI) be directed to issue notice to the Prime Minister and seek an explanation for his remarks made during the election campaign.
The writ petition will be heard by a Madras High Court summer vacation bench consisting of Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira and R. Kalaimathi.
The writ petition said that the ECI had issued notices to the BJP on the hate speeches and not to the Prime Minister who had delivered the speeches.
Tamil Nadu Congress president K. Selvaperunthagai has in the writ petition filed through his counsel, A.P. Suryaprakasam, said the Prime Minister had in multiple election meetings made "unsavoury" remarks against Muslims.
The petitioner alleged that the BJP was attempting to win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by hook or crook, and therefore, was indulging in a divisive campaign along communal lines.
The state Congress chief also said the Prime Minister had made such statements in election campaigns in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and other states.
In the petition, Selvaperunthugai also charged that the PM had initiated a false campaign against the election manifesto of the Congress party stating that the party was pushing for an inheritance tax.
With inputs from IANS