New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit again at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his criticism of the occasion over a attorneys’ letter to the chief justice of India in opposition to a “vested curiosity group”, saying the PM’s brazenness in orchestrating an assault on the judiciary, within the identify of defending it, is the “peak of hypocrisy”.
Earlier within the day, Modi mentioned it’s a “classic Congress tradition” to browbeat and bully others, remarks that got here in response to greater than 600 attorneys writing to the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, alleging {that a} “vested curiosity group” is making an attempt to place strain on the judiciary and defame courts.
Hitting again on the prime minister, Congress common secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh mentioned in a put up on X, “The PM’s brazenness in orchestrating and coordinating an assault on the judiciary, within the identify of defending the judiciary, is the peak of hypocrisy!”
“The Supreme Court docket has delivered physique blows to him in latest weeks. The Electoral Bonds Scheme is however one instance. The Supreme Court docket declared them to be unconstitutional — and it’s now proved past doubt that they have been a blatant instrument of concern, blackmail, and intimidation to pressure firms to donate to the BJP,” he mentioned.
As an alternative of giving a authorized assure of minimal help worth (MSP), the prime minister has given a authorized assure to corruption, he alleged.
“All that the Prime Minister has completed within the final ten years is divide, distort, divert, and defame. 140 crore Indians are ready to provide him a befitting reply very quickly,” Ramesh mentioned.
Greater than 600 attorneys, together with senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, wrote to Chandrachud, alleging {that a} “vested curiosity group” is making an attempt to place strain on the judiciary and defame courts, particularly in circumstances of corruption involving politicians.
In a put up on X, Modi mentioned, “To browbeat and bully others is classic Congress tradition. 5 a long time in the past itself they’d known as for a “dedicated judiciary” – they shamelessly need dedication from others for his or her egocentric pursuits however desist from any dedication in direction of the nation.”
