The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission of India to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly delivering communally divisive speeches during the Lok Sabha poll campaign in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.

Justice Sachin Datta said the plea was “wholly misconceived” and devoid of merit, and the ECI can take an independent view of the complaint of the petitioner in accordance with law.

“As such, at this stage, the present petition is wholly misconceived. In the circumstances, this Court finds no merit whatsoever in the present petition and the same is accordingly dismissed,” the court said in the order.