The Ahmedabad Magisterial court on Tuesday granted three weeks time to the crime branch police to submit its report on a FIR filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged violation of the Representation of the People’s Act in displaying the BJP election symbol inside a polling booth on April 30, the day lok Sabha polling was held in all the 26 constituencies in Gujarat.
Modi, who then was the Chief Minister, had addressed a Press conference and publicly displayed the BJP symbol ‘lotus’ within 100 metres radius of the polling booth in Ranip locality in Ahmedabad where he cast his own vote. On a complaint filed by the Aam Aadmi Party worker Nishant Verma, the State police filed an FIR against Modi.
It was pointed out that the police failed to complete its investigation and submit its report even after the stipulated 60 days had passed.The state police Detection of Crime Branch sought 15 days time to submit its Action Taken Report on the complaint but the court granted it time till the next date of hearing in the case on August 26 to submit its report on or before that day.