All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Sunday over his remarks towards the Supreme Courtroom and the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
Referring to BJP leaders, Owaisi stated, “You individuals are tube lights… Are you aware what Article 142 (of the Structure) is? It was framed by BR Ambedkar.”
Article 142 refers back to the constitutional provision that empowers the Supreme Courtroom to ship full justice in any matter earlier than it.
He stated BJP members have turn out to be so “radicalised that they’re now threatening the judiciary with a spiritual battle.”
Owaisi’s remarks got here after controversial statements made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma relating to the Supreme Courtroom and the Chief Justice of India.
What did Nishikant Dubey say?
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that the Supreme Courtroom was “inciting non secular wars” and questioned its authority. He prompt that Parliament must be closed if the Supreme Courtroom was to make legal guidelines.
“The highest court docket has just one intention: ‘Present me the face, and I’ll present you the regulation’. The Supreme Courtroom goes past its limits. If one has to go to the Supreme Courtroom for every little thing, then Parliament and State Meeting must be shut,” Dubey advised ANI.
Referring to previous court docket choices, Dubey criticised the judiciary for its dealing with of points just like the decriminalisation of homosexuality and non secular disputes.
“There was an Article 377 by which homosexuality was a giant crime. The Trump administration has stated that there are solely two sexes on this world, both male or feminine…Whether or not it’s Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh, all consider that homosexuality is a criminal offense,” Dubey stated.
He added, “One tremendous morning, the Supreme Courtroom stated that we abolish this case…Article 141 says that the legal guidelines we make, the judgments we give, are relevant from the decrease court docket to the Supreme Courtroom. Article 368 states that Parliament has the authority to enact all legal guidelines, and the Supreme Courtroom has the facility to interpret the regulation.”
“The highest court docket is asking the President and Governor to inform what they must do relating to the Payments. When the Ram Mandir, Krishna Janmabhoomi, or Gyanvapi difficulty arises, you (SC) say, ‘Present us the paper’. Mughals ke aane ke baad jo Masjid banne hai unke liye keh raho ho paper kaha se dikhao,” he added.
Dubey additional alleged that the Supreme Courtroom wish to take this nation in the direction of “anarchy.”
“How are you going to give path to the appointing authority? The President appoints the Chief Justice of India. The Parliament makes the regulation of this nation. You’ll dictate that Parliament?… How did you make a brand new regulation? Wherein regulation is it written that the President has to decide inside three months? Which means you wish to take this nation in the direction of anarchy. When the Parliament sits, there might be an in depth dialogue on this,” he stated.
Echoing related sentiments, BJP chief Dinesh Sharma acknowledged that nobody can “problem” the President, because the President is “supreme.”
“There may be a fear among the many public that when Dr BR Ambedkar wrote the Structure, the rights of the Legislative and Judiciary have been clearly written…In keeping with the Structure of India, nobody can direct the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The President has already given her assent to it. Nobody can problem the President, because the President is supreme,” Sharma advised ANI.
Nonetheless, the BJP on Saturday issued a press release distancing itself from the remarks made by Dubey and Sharma, saying that the social gathering “fully rejects” their statements. Each MPs have been requested to chorus from making such feedback sooner or later.
BJP’ JP Nadda distances himself from MP’s remarks
BJP chief and Union minister JP Nadda publish on X, saying, “The BJP has nothing to do with the statements made by BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma on the judiciary and the Chief Justice of the nation.”
“These are their private statements, however the BJP neither agrees with such statements nor does it ever help such statements,” Nadda’s publish learn.
“The BJP fully rejects these statements,” he stated, including that the social gathering “has all the time revered the judiciary and gladly accepted its orders and options.
Nadda stated he instructed each of BJP leades “and everybody else to not make such statements.”
