00:00So there's escalation on multiple fronts.
00:02Kerala Congress in a social media post
00:04targeted Chief Justice of India Surya Khan
00:06demanding his resignation.
00:08They said, and I quote,
00:09if law and order is not your domain,
00:12resign now, we will find your replacement
00:14who can handle it, unquote.
00:17This after the Chief Justice of India
00:19rejected the request for a personal meeting
00:21with opposition leaders,
00:22citing that the issue is subjudice
00:25and it is not proper for him to meet.
00:27Now the Supreme Court Bar Association
00:30has issued a statement condemning
00:32this social media statement
00:33seeking the resignation of Chief Justice of India Surya Khan.
00:37The Supreme Court Bar Association in a statement said,
00:40such statements belittle the judiciary
00:44and amount to an attempt to interfere
00:46with the administration of justice.
00:48It calls upon members and others
00:51to maintain the dignity and decorum
00:53of the Supreme Court of India.
00:54The Bharatiya Janata Party also slammed the Congress.
00:59Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister
01:01and Minority Minister Kiran Rijiju said,
01:04Congress wants to destroy the Constitution.
01:07In a social media post, he said,
01:09and I quote,
01:10I had said this earlier,
01:11next target of the Congress Party
01:14is the judiciary.
01:16Congress wants to destroy
01:17all the constitutional and democratic institutions of India.
01:21All anti-India gangs are now joining hands.
01:25All patriotic Indians will also come together.
01:29Now we're just hearing
01:31that the Congress Party in Kerala
01:34has just deleted this post
01:36after the Supreme Court Bar Association
01:39and other condemnation which came
01:41that said,
01:42Dear Surya Khan,
01:42if law and order is not your domain,
01:44resign now.
01:45We will find a replacement
01:47who can handle it.
01:49Now, should they be saying something like this?
01:53Is there merit in the Supreme Court Bar Association
01:56saying do not demean the higher judiciary,
02:00the Supreme Court of India,
02:02the majesty of the justice of Supreme Court?
02:05I want to quickly cut across
02:06and bring in Rahul Gautam
02:07into this condemnation.
02:09Rahul,
02:10fast-paced developments
02:11through the day today.
02:13Tell us more about
02:14what the Bar Association said
02:16and we're just hearing
02:17that Kerala Congress
02:18has since deleted this post.
02:24Well, the same handle on its Kerala Congress.
02:29This was the first time
02:30when it has run into a controversy
02:33that has been passed into instances as well.
02:36As far as the Supreme Court
02:38bias is concerned,
02:39they have in fact condemned the tweet
02:41saying that this is nothing
02:43but an attempt on the part
02:44of a political outfit
02:46of Congress party
02:47to belittle the judiciary
02:50and its sanctity.
02:52So, in a way,
02:54and in fact,
02:55BGP is also going hammer and tong
02:56on this issue
02:57as far as, you know,
02:58this tweet is concerned.
02:59They are saying that
03:00this only shows that
03:01how now Congress
03:02and opposition parties
03:03are going after judiciary
03:05and all they want
03:06is unrest and anarchy
03:08in the country.
03:09Expect that given the fact
03:11that tweet
03:11has already been deleted,
03:13that a clarification
03:14might come in
03:15and Congress party
03:16would obviously say
03:18that, you know,
03:19the tweet was,
03:21you know,
03:22if something was interpreted
03:23in a wrong manner,
03:24it would distort it.
03:25But, as I was telling you earlier also,
03:27this said handle
03:28has been
03:29a troublesome handle
03:30for Congress party
03:31and has been running
03:32into controversy.
03:33Obviously, on one hand,
03:34Congress party
03:35is trying to create
03:36an anecdote
03:36that they are fighting
03:37for democracy,
03:38they are fighting for,
03:39you know,
03:39justice for the people.
03:40At the same time,
03:41the very institutions
03:43that they are
03:43seeking justice from
03:44are being attacked
03:46by their own handles.
03:47So, clearly,
03:48you know,
03:49there is a self-goal
03:49on the part
03:50of the Congress party.
03:52Okay.
03:53Now,
03:53it's not just
03:55the Kerala Congress.
03:56It is,
03:57in fact,
03:58now,
03:58a wider attack.
03:59When you have a
04:00Union Parliamentary Affairs,
04:01you know,
04:02Minister Kiran Rejiju,
04:04Parliamentary Affairs
04:04and Minority Minister
04:05Kiran Rejiju says,
04:06I knew they would
04:07target the judiciary next.
04:09The BJP is saying
04:10these allegations
04:11are hawa hawaii.
04:12Where is the evidence?
04:13Rahul,
04:14you cover the Congress,
04:15you've been speaking
04:16to Congress leaders.
04:17What's their response
04:18on the evidence bit
04:20which apparently
04:20Rahul Gandhi himself said
04:22was being raised,
04:23was raised even
04:24by President Draupadi Murmo?
04:27Well,
04:28the sole criticism
04:29of Rahul Gandhi
04:30and Congress party
04:30has been for so long
04:32that they are indulging
04:34into a hit-and-run job
04:35and they are only
04:36making allegations
04:37and not substantiating them
04:39by not putting
04:40enough evidence
04:41in public domain.
04:43But now,
04:43given the fact
04:44that they have already
04:45approached Supreme Court,
04:46expect now
04:47that the...
