Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court today dismissed the plea of Bharatiya Janata Party’s leader Amit Shah as he withdrawn petition challenging the FIRs lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh for alleged hate speeches.
Notify that he stated that he wanted to reply to the Election Commission notice in the matter.
A division bench comprising justices Arun Tandon and Satish Chandra held that the petition stood “dismissed as withdrawn following the application moved by the applicant in this regard”.
The counsel of Amit Shah had submitted it before the court and senior BJP leader Keshri Nath Tripathi said that the petitioner wished to withdraw the petition as “he wants to reply to the EC notice issued in the matter before seeking legal remedy”.
The move came a day after the court had summoned CDs of video footage of the alleged hate speech made by the BJP leader.
Shah had challenged the FIRs lodged at Bijnore and Shamli under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of People Act wherein he had been accused of delivering hate speeches while exhorting members of the Jat community to take ‘revenge’ for the Muzaffarnagar communal riots by voting for the BJP.
Bureau Report
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