The Supreme Court on Monday asked Congress MP Sushmita Dev to bring on record the Election Commission's orders giving clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on complaints of model code violations.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta has now listed the plea of Dev, a Congress MP from Silchar in Assam, for hearing on May 8.
Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, appearing for Dev, alleged that the poll panel has passed unreasoned orders dismissing the complaints of the Congress party on violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) by the prime minister and Shah, who are accused of politicising the armed forces during their campaign. The bench asked the lawmaker to file an additional affidavit bringing on record the orders passed by the EC on the complaints.