Supreme Court turns down plea seeking ban on roadshows, bike rallies during Lok Sabha polls

The petition sought ban saying that the roadshows & bike rallies violated election commission's instructions and caused damage to the environment.

BJP supporters take part in a bike rally to celebrate the party's victory in the state assembly election in Rajkot on Monday | PTI Photo

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.