Allahabad HC rejects petition challenging Narendra Modi's election from Varanasi

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a petition challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.

Single judge bench of Justice Vikram Nath allowed the preliminary objection raised by Modi's counsel and rejected the petition of Ajay Rai, Congress MLA who had lost in the elections in 2014.

"No material has been placed on record to make the petition triable," the judge said.

The court was of the view that the petition was "half- hearted" and termed as "vague and bald statements, based on media reports" the allegations by Rai about the expenditure on Modi's campaign being far in excess of permissible limits.