The plea has made the Centre, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Election Commission as respondents. The petition said political parties cannot organize their rallies based on religion in order to influence the independent decision of voters.
“Many leaders of political parties are giving interviews stating very clearly that such and such group/ caste/ religion is supporting such and such political parties which is making the voters disillusioned, dismayed and betrayed because of being placed at a disadvantageous position in the number game of vote politics,” it said.
“All the institutions like the Election Commission or the Ministry of I&B are duty-bound to ensure free and fair election and as such there is an urgent need for framing the rules and regulation for controlling the media in order to check the political conspiracy of dividing voters on the basis of caste, creed or religion,” the PIL said.
