An advocate who filed a criminal complaint against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly using “defamatory and seditious” words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday argued in a Delhi court that the AAP chief’s statements could spread disharmony.

Seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution under Sections 124A (sedition) and 500 (defamation) of the IPC, the advocate alleged that “seditious intention” was there in the remarks which spread “hatred and contempt” against the PM.