New Delhi: Statement of Foreign minister Salman Khurshid in School of Oriental and African Studies, London over the Supreme Court and Election Commission of India had invited a new controversy.
Union Minister Khurshid, on Wednesday in London, said, “The courts are now deciding who can go to Parliament and who can’t. That’s not right, this is not law.”
“The critical thing about judges deciding in India, which is different from your system, is we have 31 judges in the Supreme Court and 543 parliamentarians. But they never sit in benches which have more than two or three judges…Two of 31 decide what should happen. Two can actually say something about parliamentarians being tried or not, whether they can contest or not, what kind of affidavit…”
The minister went on to share caustic views on the Election Commission, while conceding that the three-member panel did clean up the Indian elections.
“But they are again only three of them…Three of them can decide what word you can use in an election campaign. As I understand the broad philosophical approach is ‘you should do and say nothing that wins you an election’, you should try your best to lose elections.”
Khurshid joked, adding, “For five years we try to lose elections but give us 15 days to try and win them please.”
Notify that Salman Khurshid had earned disapproval of Rahul Gandhi for describing Narendra Modi as ‘impotent’ over his handling of the 2002 Gujarat riots last month.
While reacting on the statement of Salman Khurshid, BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas naqvi said, “You are losing, and out of frustration you are giving such statements that end up degrading you more.”
Aam Aadmi Party leader Rahul Mehra said this statement “Deplorable and unfortunate.”
Bureau Report
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