‘Hypocrisy’: Congress criticizes PM’s position after lawyer’s letter to chief justice

Instead of MSP, Prime Minister gave legal guarantee to corruption, he claims (Document)

New Delhi:

Congress hit back on Thursday after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the party over his lawyer’s letter to India’s chief justice against “vested interests”, saying Modi had shamelessly acted in the Indian government. Planned attacks on the judiciary. To defend its name is “the height of hypocrisy.”

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi said intimidation and bullying was an “old Congress culture”. The remarks came in response to a letter written by more than 600 lawyers to India’s Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, alleging “vested interests” Attempts to put pressure on the judiciary and defame the courts.

Congress secretary-general Jairam Ramesh, who is in charge of communications, hit back at the prime minister in a post on Attack, this is the most serious “hypocrisy!” “The Supreme Court has dealt him a heavy blow in recent weeks. The electoral bonds program is just one example. The Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional—now proving beyond a reasonable doubt that they are a blatant tool of fear and extortion. ” and intimidation forced companies to donate to the BJP,” he said.

The Prime Minister shamelessly plans and coordinates attacks on the judiciary in the name of defending the judiciary. This is the height of hypocrisy!

The Supreme Court has come down hard on him in recent weeks. The electoral bonds program is just one example. Supreme… https://t.co/R00ZRdWa7S

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 28, 2024

He claimed that instead of providing legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP), the Prime Minister provided legal guarantee for corruption.

“All the Prime Minister has done in the past decade has been to divide, distort, deflect and defame. 1.4 billion Indians are waiting for a befitting reply to him soon,” Ramesh said.

More than 600 lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Association president Manan Kumar Mishra, wrote to Chandrachud claiming that “vested Interest groups” seek to put pressure on the judiciary and defame the courts, particularly in corruption cases involving politicians.

PM Modi said in a post on Committing to one’s own selfish interests but no longer committing to anything. Going to the country.”

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)