The Gujarat High Court on Thursday upheld an order by a lower court rejecting a petition filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged violation of the poll code during the 2014 general elections. The petition was filed by an Aam Aadmi Party worker against the verdict of the lower court, which in May this year had dismissed his plea seeking legal action against Modi.

The petition alleged that Modi had broken the Election Commission's model code of conduct by addressing a press conference and taking a selfie with a miniature lotus – the symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party – after casting his vote in Ahmedabad last year. The high court dismissed the petition, saying the magistrate of the lower court "has power to reject and it was done in an appropriate manner".