The Manmohan Singh-led government had cleared the Ordinance, which sought to negate the Supreme Court judgment that pronounced that sitting MPs and MLAs either jailed on charges or after conviction, would have to resign their seats forthwith. “My opinion on the ordinance is that it is complete nonsense. I think it should be torn up and thrown out. That is my opinion,” Gandhi had told reporters in 2013.
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The Manmohan Singh-led government had cleared the Ordinance, which sought to negate the Supreme Court judgment that pronounced that sitting MPs and MLAs either jailed on charges or after conviction, would have to resign their seats forthwith. “My opinion on the ordinance is that it is complete nonsense. I think it should be torn up and thrown out. That is my opinion,” Gandhi had told reporters in 2013.
Ref :- Resigned over ‘extra-constitutional authority’ of Rahul Gandhi, says S M Krishna : 11/02/2019 : THE INDIA EXPRESS
Former Union Minister S M Krishna, who helmed the External Ministry during UPA-II, said he resigned from the post because of the “extra-constitutional authority” allegedly wielded by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
Talking about his tenure, SM Krishna claimed Manmohan Singh had no say over the portfolio despite being the prime minister. “Rahul Gandhi was then a nobody, not even a general secretary. He issued a diktat that those who turned 80 can’t be min. When I heard that, I submitted my resignation and came to Bangalore,” he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
S M Krishna was the External Affairs Minister in the Manmohan Singh government between 2009 to 2012. He resigned as a member of the Congress in January 2017 and joined the BJP in March that year.
Resigned because of 'extra-constitutional authority' of Rahul Gandhi: S M Krishna© Provided by Indian Express Resigned because of 'extra-constitutional authority' of Rahul Gandhi: S M Krishna
Adding that the present Congress chief was “not answerable to anyone – neither Parliament nor governance,” the former union minister recapped the famous incident when Gandhi called the Ordinance that would protect the convicted MPs and MLAs as “complete nonsense.”
The Manmohan Singh-led government had cleared the Ordinance, which sought to negate the Supreme Court judgment that pronounced that sitting MPs and MLAs either jailed on charges or after conviction, would have to resign their seats forthwith. “My opinion on the ordinance is that it is complete nonsense. I think it should be torn up and thrown out. That is my opinion,” Gandhi had told reporters in 2013.
Terming Gandhi’s decisions as “extra-constitutional”, Krishna said: “There were matters that were never brought to notice of even the minister. Cabinet was in discussion over passing an ordinance. But Rahul Gandhi, who was somewhere, tore a copy of the ordinance. He took decisions on which ordinance was necessary and struck down others.”
Meanwhile, the Congress termed the former external minister’s remarks as “disgusting.” “Today when I hear his statements, even that one per cent of respect I had for him is gone. For a person of his stature to speak like this, is absolutely disgusting. I don’t know what is making him speak like this.” Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao told ANI.
Adding that the comments are a “damage to his legacy,” Rao said, “People even in their old age don’t seem to have enough, want for more recognition, drives them to say such things. No damage to our party, it only damages his legacy. No BJP person is going to remember SM Krishna, it will only be Congress who will talk about him.”
NOTE : 1.
*Tear the ordinance and throw it away: Rahul Gandhi : DNA
In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi today denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers as "complete nonsense" and said what "our government has done is wrong".
Making a surprise brief appearance at a meet-the-press programme of his party's general secretary Ajay Maken at the Press Club here, he said the ordinance should be "torn up and thrown away".
Storming into the programme, the Congress Vice President said before coming there he asked Maken about what was happening and Maken gave him a political line about the ordinance that "everybody will give you, the Congress will give you, the BJP will give you".
"Now, I will tell you what is my opinion on the ordinance. It is complete nonsense, it should be torn up and thrown away. It is my personal opinion," he said.
Rahul said that the arguments given in "my organisation" is that "we need to do this because of political considerations. Everybody is doing this. The Congress does this, the BJP does this, the Samajwadi Party, the JD(U) does this."
"It is time to stop this nonsense, political parties, mine and all others....If you want to fight corruption in the country whether it is Congress Party or BJP, we cannot continue making these small compromises. Because if we make these small compromises, then we compromise everywhere." At this point, Rahul got up from his seat to leave the venue but when journalists persisted, he resumed his seat as a barrage of questions flowed.
"I am interested in what the Congress party is doing and what our government is doing. That is why what our government has done as far as this ordinance is concerned is wrong," he said and left the venue.
After he left, Maken, who heads the Congress media department, said, "What Rahul Gandhi has said is our party policy".
Rahul's dramatic and open denunciation of the ordinance comes a day after President Pranab Mukherjee called three ministers - Home, Law and Parliamentary Affairs - and raised questions over the need for an ordinance on an issue on which there was no political consensus.
The President is understood to have asked the ministers what was the urgency to bring an ordinance when there was a bill already pending before Parliament on the issue.
Government spokespersons have been maintaining that there was an all-party consensus on the need for a bill to negate the Supreme Court judgement that struck down a provision in the electoral law which allowed a convicted MP and MLA to continue in their post if they make an appeal to a higher court within three months.
The all-party meeting was held on August 13 in which the government claimed that the main opposition BJP was also in favour of the legislation to negate the Supreme Court judgement.
However, after the Union Cabinet cleared the ordinance on Tuesday, the BJP and the Left parties have attacked it as "unconstitutional and immoral". Many civil society members and organisations also opposed the ordinance.
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Ordinance on convicted politicians is complete nonsense, tear it up: Rahul Gandhi : INDIA NEWS
Ordinance should be torn up and thrown away: Rahul
• Ordinance is brought if Parliament is not in session
• President seeks clarification over ‘urgency’ of Ordinance on convicted lawmakers
In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi on Friday denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers as "complete nonsense" and said what "our government has done is wrong".
Rahul Gandhi, incidentally, gatecrashed a press conference that was being addressed by Congress spokesperson and media department head Ajay Maken at the Press Club where he was defending the Ordinance. Rahul said that the Ordinance should be 'torn up and thrown away'.
"Now, I will tell you what my opinion is. It is a complete nonsense. It should be torn up and thrown away. It is my personal opinion," he said.
“The arguments given in ‘my organization’ is that we need to do this because of political considerations. Everybody is doing this. The Congress does this, the BJP does this, the Samajwadi Party and the JD(U) do this,” he said.
"It is time to stop this nonsense. If you want to fight corruption, whether it is Congress party or BJP, we cannot continue making these small compromises. Because we make these small compromises, we compromise everywhere,” he said.
"I am interested in what the Congress party is doing and what our government is doing," he said and left the venue.
President seeks clarification over ‘urgency’ of Ordinance
On Thursday, President Pranab Mukherjee had raised questions over the need for an Ordinance on convicted lawmakers by calling three ministers and seeking the rationale behind it. Mukherjee had called Home Minister and Leader of the House in Lok Sabha Sushilkumar Shinde, Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and asked them to explain the need for an Ordinance on an issue that has come under attack from mainstream Opposition parties and civil society.
The President is said to be not in a hurry to give his assent to the Ordinance and may take legal opinion from experts before he take a decision. He can send the Ordinance back to the government for re-consideration and shall act in accordance with the advice tendered by the government after such consideration.
The Supreme Court had on July 10 ruled that an MP or an MLA would stand disqualified immediately if convicted by a court for crimes with punishment of two years or more. To negate the Apex Court order, the government moved to amend the law and brought the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Bill, 2013 in Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session. However, the bill could not be passed.
BJP opposes Ordinance route :
Terming the Ordinance on convicted MPs and MLAs as "immoral and unconstitutional", BJP on Thursday said that President Pranab Mukherjee is not "duty-bound" to give assent to it and suggested to him that he should send it back to the government.
BJP leader LK Advani, Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley met Mukherjee and submitted to him a memorandum on the issue and requested him to refer it back to the government.
In the memorandum, BJP has pointed out that a Bill on the issue is pending in the Rajya Sabha and has been referred by the Chairperson to a Standing Committee. "What was the urgency that the government to bring this legislation through the ordinance route? The only compelling reason for bypassing Parliament and taking the ordinance route is to help a class of tainted politicians who have been already convicted or are apprehensive of a court judgement in near future," the memorandum said.
REACTIONS :
Arun Jaitley, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha: After this statement, the Prime Minister and his Cabinet should think about their self-respect.
Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP spokesperson: Congress is known to speak on multiple voices. Our leaders had met the President and urged him to return it to the government. The timing of the entire episode indicates that what had happened behind closed doors. This step is a face saver for Congress.
Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party leader: Rahul Gandhi thinks that people of this country are ‘bewakoof’ (fool). First, the Congress party brings the Ordinance and later Rahul Gandhi says tear apart it. We say throw away the people who brought this Ordinance.
Jagdambika Pal, Congress leader: Rahul Gandhi has mentioned about party's line. He has expressed party's view.
Rajiv Shukla, Congress leader: We are with Rahul Gandhi
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LAST WORDS :
1. OUR POLITICIANS THINK THAT THEY ARE IMMUNE TO LAWS OF THE NATION;
2. THESE RASCALS TALK NONSENSE, ALL CRIMINALS GO FREE, NONE QUESTION THEM;
3. THESE BUGGERS ACTIVITIES ARE NOT ANSWERABLE TO THE PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT THEIR MINDSET;
4. KICK ALL THESE STRAY DOGS OUT OF POLITICS, CHOOSE ONLY GOOD PERSONS;
5. PUBLIC MUST FORGET PARTY COLOURS, SEE ONLY QUALITY, VALUES, CHARACTER OF THE CANDIDATE BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DECISION.
JAI HIND
JAI BHARATHAM
VANDE MATARAM
BHARAT MATA KI JAI
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