{"id":40381,"date":"2015-12-11T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40381"},"modified":"2015-12-12T03:22:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T21:52:40","slug":"petition-for-freeze-on-bjps-lotus-symbol-in-delhi-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/petition-for-freeze-on-bjps-lotus-symbol-in-delhi-hc","title":{"rendered":"Petition for freeze on BJP&#8217;s lotus symbol in Delhi HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40382\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/bjp.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40382\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/petition-for-freeze-on-bjps-lotus-symbol-in-delhi-hc\/bjp-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/bjp.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bjp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/bjp.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40382 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/bjp.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Petition for freeze on BJP's lotus symbol in Delhi HC\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition for freeze on BJP&#8217;s lotus symbol in Delhi HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A plea was on Friday moved before the\u00a0Delhi High Court seeking freezing of BJP&#8217;s election symbol &#8220;Lotus&#8221; on the ground that it &#8220;represents the manifestation of God&#8221; and its use during elections was &#8220;illegal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw posted the matter for hearing on January 5 next year before another bench after the petitioner in person advanced his arguments in Hindi.\u00a0&#8220;List before another bench on January 5, 2016,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Direct respondent no.1 and 2 (Ministry of Law and Justice and Election Comission of India) to remove Lotus from list of free and unrestricted symbol of poll panel as well as from the election symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in interest of national Justice,&#8221; the plea by an NGO stated.\u00a0Lotus represents the manifestation of God, and is also a symbol of purity and tenderness, the plea added.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plea was on Friday moved before the\u00a0Delhi High Court seeking freezing of BJP&#8217;s election symbol &#8220;Lotus&#8221; on the ground that it &#8220;represents the manifestation of God&#8221; and its use during elections was &#8220;illegal&#8221;. 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