Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s remarks that a couple of retired judges are a part of an “anti-India gang” are an try and strain the judiciary and threaten judges. Speaking on the India Today Conclave within the nationwide capital on Saturday, Rijiju claimed that a couple of retired judges and a few activists who’re “part of the anti-India gang” are attempting to make the Indian judiciary play the position of the opposition social gathering.
Reacting to the remarks whereas speaking to reporters right here, Raut mentioned, “What kind of democracy is this? Does it suit a law minister to threaten the judiciary? It is a threat to judges who refuse to bow down to the government and it’s an attempt to pressure the judiciary.”
Mumbai | Our judiciary is being threatened, if nation’s Law Minister says “if you don’t do what we say, we will see to it” What does this mean? Justice Chandrachud says that there’s no pressure on judiciary, but there is pressure: Sanjay Raut, Uddhav Thackeray Faction pic.twitter.com/iD59y7JLVh
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Criticising the federal government doesn’t suggest being in opposition to the nation, Raut mentioned. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP additionally mentioned that after Rahul Gandhi spoke concerning the threats to democracy within the nation, there’s now a transfer to get the Congress chief suspended from the Lok Sabha.
To a query on the demand that Gandhi ought to apologise for his feedback, Raut mentioned, “Rahul Gandhi will not apologise and why should he?”
“Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have in fact spoken against the country and its political leaders on foreign soil,” he charged.
The BJP has been demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi over his latest remarks he made in London, by which he alleged that the constructions of Indian democracy are below assault and there’s a “full-scale assault” on the nation’s establishments.
The remarks triggered a political slugfest, with the BJP accusing him of maligning India on international soil and looking for international interventions, and the Congress hit again on the ruling social gathering by citing earlier cases of Prime Minister Narendra Modi elevating inside politics overseas.
