A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from elections under Representation of People Act for "hate speech".

The plea was filed by one Fatima, who also sought a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against the PM as per the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), mentioned in the Compendium of Instruction Volume-III under Rules-General Conduct (1 and 3) immediately.

The petition says that on April 21, 2024, the Prime Minister, as a part of election campaign for Lok Sabha Election 2024, addressed a public rally of electors at Banswara, Rajasthan and made a speech which had remarks which can cause enmity between two religious communities, and affect the nation's unity and integrity.

"Various organisations of this country as well as individuals have filed complaints with ECI since last 30 days but till today it has failed to take any effective action against PM Modi," the petition submits.

The court has been told that the PM had given a similar speech on April 9, 2024 at Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh where he stated that he has built a Hindu temple and appealed to the voters to vote for his party in the name of Hindu deities and Hindu place of worships as well as Sikh deities and Sikh place of worship.