New Delhi: Suggesting an ‘inside turmoil’ inside the Congress might need weakened the authorized problem to the defamation case in opposition to Rahul Gandhi, the BJP Monday questioned the absence of senior leaders and authorized consultants from the opposition occasion throughout earlier hearings of the felony lawsuit in Surat.
Talking at a press convention on the BJP headquarters in Delhi, Union Minister Piyush Goyal named 5 senior Congress leaders – who’re outstanding legal professionals – P Chidambaram, Manish Tewari, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, KTS Tulsi, Vivek Tankha, together with former occasion chief Kapil Sibal, and requested why none of them appeared throughout the court docket hearings whereas the case went on for 4 years.
The Commerce and Business minister additionally claimed that Gandhi was suggested by senior Congress leaders to apologise however he didn’t achieve this as a result of he’s smug.
“I need to perceive this… This case was occurring for 4 years and there have been a number of hearings. There are senior leaders and legislation consultants within the occasion…. until the final listening to, no person got here to the listening to. The arguments have been occurring within the court docket even after the conviction. Is there some inside turmoil inside the Congress? Did all these senior leaders intentionally put Rahul Gandhi in bother? On whose recommendation was this authorized course of being carried out?” Goyal posed a volley of questions.
Itemizing the names of six leaders from totally different events who have been “disqualified below the identical legislation” – RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav, Congress’s Rasheed Masood, JDU’s Jagdish Sharma, T. M. Selvaganapathy from AIADMK, Mohammed Faizal from NCP and Abdullah Azam Khan from SP – the BJP minister requested “why there was no outrage” when these lawmakers have been disqualified.
“As per Congress chief Pramod Tiwari, legal guidelines must be totally different for Gandhi household. Congress is simply giving an instance of its dynasty politics,” Goyal stated, whereas flashing a paper containing a listing of all earlier MPs disqualified after conviction in felony circumstances. He additionally added that the opposition events have solely half-heartedly supported Rahul Gandhi.
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Demand for apology
Reiterating BJP’s stand on the problems, Goyal stated the incident has proven Congress occasion’s bias in opposition to the OBC neighborhood.
He additionally raised questions on Congress’ Satyagraha and stated the occasion meant to disrespect the legislation of the nation.
“At present, Congressmen got here to the Home in black garments. How lengthy will the Congress occasion proceed to do such small-scale politics? Do Congressmen need to insult the temple of democracy? Do they need to insult the legislation and order of the nation? Was this protest in opposition to the best court docket – the Supreme Court docket? As a result of in line with the legislation by the Supreme Court docket, one will get instantly disqualified as an MP if they’re convicted in a case”, Goyal stated.
Earlier on Saturday, BJP chief and former legislation minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had stated the Congress was making an attempt to take political mileage out of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification and make the most of the problem within the Karnataka meeting elections. Shankar had additionally expressed shock at the truth that quite a lot of senior legal professionals within the Congress selected to not intervene within the case, as they did within the case of Congress chief Pawan Khera a couple of weeks in the past, he alleged.
Khera was detained on the Delhi airport whereas he was going to Raipur to participate in Congress’ plenary session final month for allegedly making objectionable remarks in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Senior Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi had appeared for the Congress chief, following which he acquired bail.
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