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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party should "suspend" BJP MP Nishikant Dubey over his remarks against the Supreme Court, and a suo-moto contempt should be imposed on the latter.
"BJP has sidelined themselves from the statements made by Nishikant Dubey, saying it is his personal opinion and not the party's... If BJP is honest, it should immediately suspend Nishikant Dubey from the party. Why are they not doing that? It is because they are all involved in it... An MP giving such a huge statement on the SC, it is a case of defamation of the SC and a suo-moto contempt should be imposed on him," Singh told ANI on Sunday. On April 19, Nishikant Dubey kicked up a storm with his remarks and said that "Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna is responsible for all the civil wars happening in this country". "How can you give direction to the appointing authority? The President appoints the Chief Justice of India. The Parliament makes the law of this country. You will dictate that Parliament?... How did you make a new law? In which law is it written that the President has to take a decision within three months? This means that you want to take this country towards anarchy. When the Parliament sits, there will be a detailed discussion on this," Dubey told ANI in response to a query, referring to the Supreme Court verdict in case relating to decisions of Tamil Nadu Governor. He also stated that Article 368 stipulates that Parliament has the authority to enact laws and the Supreme Court has the power to interpret them. BJP president JP Nadda distanced the BJP from Dubey's and Dinesh Sharma's remarks and "completely rejected" them. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party has always respected the judiciary. (ANI)
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