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Modi selfie case: Ahmedabad court admits closure report!

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Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi speaks during the "Vibrant Gujarat Summit" at Gandhinagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat January 12, 2013. Fresh off his re-election as chief minister of Gujarat and amid expectations he could contend to be the next prime minister, Modi avoided talk of a bigger political future during a state investment event. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)New Delhi, August 23 – A court in Ahmedabad on Friday admitted the closure report filed by Gujarat Police in a case involving a selfie taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after casting his vote in the last Lok Sabha elections.

The crime branch of Gujarat Police, earlier this month, had given a clean chit to Modi, then the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, in a case of violation of the model code of conduct.

Modi had clicked a picture of himself with his party, the BJP’s lotus symbol, and posted it on Twitter asking for votes on April 30, generating a huge controversy. He had also addressed an impromptu press conference at the polling booth in the Ranip area of Ahmedabad.

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The Election Commission had taken a serious note of the violation of the electoral laws, under which no person can display any election matter or address a meeting in a polling booth on the day of election, and ordered filing of FIR against Modi.

– INDIA TODAY