<p>The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea challenging the maintainability of an election petition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p>The election petition was filed by Tej Bahadur Yadav, a dismissed Border Security Force jawan. The Samajwadi Party had declared him its Varanasi candidate against Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>However, Yadav’s nomination papers were rejected by the returning officer when he failed to submit a certificate from the BSF saying that he was not sacked for either corruption or disloyalty.</p>.<p>In his election petition, Yadav claimed that his papers were wrongly rejected, and he was not able to exercise his constitutional right and contest against the prime minister.</p>.<p>He had pleaded that Modi’s election from Varanasi should be set aside.</p>.<p>Appearing on Modi’s behalf, Satyapal Jain argued that the election petition is not maintainable as there is no allegation of malpractice in the polls.</p>.<p>Justice Manoj Gupta heard the counsels on both sides on this objection and reserved the order. </p>
<p>The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea challenging the maintainability of an election petition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p>The election petition was filed by Tej Bahadur Yadav, a dismissed Border Security Force jawan. The Samajwadi Party had declared him its Varanasi candidate against Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>However, Yadav’s nomination papers were rejected by the returning officer when he failed to submit a certificate from the BSF saying that he was not sacked for either corruption or disloyalty.</p>.<p>In his election petition, Yadav claimed that his papers were wrongly rejected, and he was not able to exercise his constitutional right and contest against the prime minister.</p>.<p>He had pleaded that Modi’s election from Varanasi should be set aside.</p>.<p>Appearing on Modi’s behalf, Satyapal Jain argued that the election petition is not maintainable as there is no allegation of malpractice in the polls.</p>.<p>Justice Manoj Gupta heard the counsels on both sides on this objection and reserved the order. </p>