Ahmedabad civil court has dismissed a civil suit filed to seek a ban on a Gujarati satirical book Feku Ji Have Delhi Ma (Feku is now in Delhi), which mocks the tall promises and claims Prime Minister Narendra Modi made during his campaigning in the parliamentary polls 2014.
During the last Lok Sabha polls, opponents of Mr Modi had called him "feku" (boastful) while deriding his claims and his achievements.
The court held that the book contains personal opinion of its author Jayesh Shah, so banning it would violate his right to freedom of expression.
One Narsinhbhai Solanki had approached the court seeking a ban on the book contending that it had "offended and hurt his sentiments and its derogatory title also defamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
