The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has banned holding of caste-based political rallies.A division bench comprising Justices Umanath Singh and Mahendra Dayal said on Thursday that caste-based political meetings and rallies are against the Constitutional norms.
The bench, was hearing a public interest litigation. The petitioner alleged that on July 7, the Bahujan Samaj Party held a Brahmin maha sammelan in Lucknow to garner votes for the up coming Lok Sabha elections which is totally against the Constitution.
