PM Modi vs Congress over judiciary after lawyers flag ‘vested interest group'

PM Modi vs Congress over judiciary after lawyers flag ‘vested interest group’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Congress hours after hundreds of lawyers across the country wrote to Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, alleging that a “vested interest group” is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame the courts.Â

PM Modi said that it is a “vintage Congress culture” to browbeat and bully others.Â

“To browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture. 5 decades ago itself they had called for a “committed judiciary” – they shamelessly want commitment from others for their selfish interests but desist from any commitment towards the nation,” PM Modi said on X (formerly known as Twitter).

“No wonder, 140 crore Indians are rejecting them,” he added.

The PM Modi’s remark drew an immediate response from the Congress leadership, who asserted that the Prime Minister’s “brazenness in orchestrating and coordinating an attack on the judiciary, in the name of defending the judiciary, is the height of hypocrisy”.

“The PM’s brazenness in orchestrating and coordinating an attack on the judiciary, in the name of defending the judiciary, is the height of hypocrisy! The Supreme Court has delivered body blows to him in recent weeks. The Electoral Bonds Scheme is but one example. The Supreme Court declared them to be unconstitutional – and it is now proved beyond doubt that they were a blatant instrument of fear, blackmail, and intimidation to force companies to donate to the BJP,” senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said while retweeting PM’s post.

“Instead of giving a legal guarantee to MSP, the Prime Minister has given a legal guarantee to corruption. All that the Prime Minister has done in the last ten years is divide, distort, divert, and defame. 140 crore Indians are waiting to give him a befitting reply very soon,” he added.

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