The Congress has opposed before the Delhi High Court a plea against the use of INDIA acronym, which stands for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, for the alliance of opposition political parties.

The Congress in its affidavit has said that the allegations made in the plea is frivolous in nature and the plea is “politically motivated petition” filed under the garb of a public interest litigation. “What is starkly apparent from the contents of the petition, is that the absence of any examples or cases that substantiate the frivolous allegations levelled by the Petitioner against the Answering Respondent or its alliance Respondents,” the affidavit states.

The petition filed by one Girish Bharadwaj seeks a direction to various respondent political parties, which includes Congress, Trinamool Congress, DMK and AAP, among others, prohibiting them from using the acronym and seeks a direction to the Centre and Election Commission  to take action against the parties. The Congress said that Bharadwaj has “deliberately suppressed” the fact that he is “closely associated with Vishwa Hindu Parishad”.

The matter is listed on Wednesday.