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Supreme Court agrees to hear plea of Congress MP alleging violation of Model Code by Modi & Amit Shah

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would hear the petition of Sushmita Dev tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a light moment with BJP National President Amit Shah before his nomination filing ahead of the 2019 general elections, at collector's office in Varanasi on Friday, April 26, 2019. PTI

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Published 29.04.19, 06:08 AM

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday a plea of Congress MP Sushmita Dev alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah have been violating the Model Code of Conduct during their campaigning for Lok Sabha polls.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would hear the petition of Dev tomorrow.

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Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for Dev, alleged that Modi and Shah have violated the Model Code of Conduct and the Election Commission is not acting on her complaint.

Singhvi said four weeks have passed since the Model Code of Conduct was enforced in the country and both the prime minister and Shah have been allegedly violating the code.

To this, the bench said it will hear the plea on Tuesday.

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