Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain BJP Leader's Plea Against Biju Janta Dal For Using Party Symbol In Advertising Welfare Schemes
Live LawThe Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea moved by BJP Odisha's General Secretary, Jatin Mohanty, against alleged misuse of public funds by Biju Janta Dal while advertising State welfare schemes using its party symbol 'Conch' allotted by the Election Commission of India. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked Mohanty to approach Orissa High Court as everything, including advertising of the schemes, happened there. Forum convenience is Orissa.” The court disposed of the plea which sought direction on the ECI to take appropriate legal action against BJD, the ruling party in Orissa, for violating the election symbols order, 1968 and model code of conduct. The plea also sought to restrain the Orissa Government from making any further The plea claimed that as per the information received by an RTI Activist, BJP has spent a Rs.378 crores in It was Mohanty's case that he had filed a representation to ECI in November last year for cancellation of reserved symbol of BJD for violating the model code of conduct.
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