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NEW DELHI: After Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar questioned Supreme Court, now a BJP leader has added fuel to the fire, saying Parliament should stop functioning if the apex court acts like it. He also said that SC is “responsible for inciting religious wars in the country.”
Taking aim at Supreme Court on Friday, seasoned BJP parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey in a cryptic post on X wrote, “Kanoon yadi Supreme Court hi banayega to Sansad Bhavan bund kar dena chahiye (Parliament should be closed down if the Supreme Court has to make the laws).”
Later today, Dubey said that the Supreme Court is responsible for inciting religious wars in the country. “The Supreme Court is going beyond its limits. If one has to go to the Supreme Court for everything, then Parliament and State Assembly should be shut,” he added.
His remarks came amid hearings on several pleas ongoing in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act. Parliament passed the Bill in the first week of April.
Meanwhile, Centre has decided not to implement some of its contentious provisions till the next date of hearing after court raised several concerns over them.
The timing of Dubey’s remark is also noteworthy as Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar recently voiced strong disapproval of Supreme Court’s judgement after it set a timeline for the President to take decision on the bills sent to her.
“We cannot have a situation where you direct the President of India and on what basis?” Dhankhar question SC while speaking to the sixth batch of Rajya Sabha interns at the Vice-President’s Enclave on Thursday.
“There is a directive to the President by a recent judgement. Where are we heading? What is happening in the country? We have to be extremely sensitive. It is not a question of someone filing a review or not. We never bargained for democracy for this day. President being called upon to decide in a time-bound manner, and if not, becomes law,” Dhankhar added.
“President being called upon to decide in a time-bound manner, and if not, it becomes law. So we have judges who will legislate, who will perform executive functions, who will act as super Parliament, and absolutely have no accountability because law of the land does not apply to them,” he further said.
However, opposition parties lauded court’s observation over the Waqf Act and direction to President.
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