New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by a former DGP of Uttar Pradesh seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to ban roadshows and bike rallies during polls.
“We are not inclined to entertain this,” a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepka Gupta told advocate Virag Gupta, who was appearing for petitioners Vikram Singh and Shaivika Agrawal.
Singh, a former Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh, said in his petition that the roadshows and bike rallies violate EC’s instructions and cause damage to the environment.
It’s not clear why SC is inclined. Road shows by Politicians by perching out of vehicles, siting top of the bus is something like giving undue advantage to partied with bag full of money. On many occasions we have seen Ambulance with patients getting struck. I have seen the ruling simply closed one side of double road as one neta was comof to inaugurate their party’s flag Post. Now even SC seems to be scared of party in power as even they may be called as working for Pakistan to get headlines over there