‘You are tubelights’: Owaisi’s swipe at BJP after Nishikant Dubey’s remark on SC, CJI Khanna | India News

NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi mocked BJP leaders as “tubelights” on Sunday, following controversial remarks by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey towards the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India.
Owaisi reminded the BJP of Article 142 of the Constitution, which grants the Supreme Court energy to ship full justice in issues earlier than it.
“You people (BJP) are tubelights… Do you even know what Article 142 is? It was framed by Dr. BR Ambedkar,” Owaisi mentioned, accusing the BJP of threatening the judiciary with non secular warfare.
You individuals are in energy and have turn out to be so radicalised that you simply’re now threatening the court docket with a spiritual struggle. Modi ji, when you do not cease these individuals, the nation will turn out to be weak. The nation gained’t forgive you, and tomorrow, you gained’t be in energy,” he added.
This is available in response to Nishikant Dubey’s feedback suggesting that Parliament ought to cease functioning if the apex court docket acts like a law-making physique.
Taking intention at the Supreme Court, Dubey mentioned, “Kanoon yadi Supreme Court hi banayega to Sansad Bhavan band kar dena chahiye” (If the Supreme Court goes to make the legal guidelines, then the Parliament must be shut down).
Targeting the Chief Justice of India, he added, “Sanjiv Khanna is responsible for all the civil wars happening in this country.”
Echoing comparable sentiments, BJP MP Dinesh Sharma mentioned, “There is an apprehension among the public that when Dr. B.R. Ambedkar wrote the Constitution, the roles of the Legislature and the Judiciary were clearly defined. According to the Constitution, no one can direct the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and the President has already given her assent to the law. No one can challenge the President, as the President is supreme…”
These remarks come at a delicate time, because the Supreme Court is at present listening to a number of petitions difficult the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, which was handed by Parliament in early April.
In response to the court docket’s considerations, the Centre has agreed to briefly maintain off on implementing sure controversial provisions of the legislation till the subsequent listening to.
Meanwhile, the BJP has “outrightly rejected” and distanced itself from the remarks made by its MPs, and members have been cautioned towards making such statements sooner or later.
“The statements made by BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma regarding the judiciary and the Chief Justice have no connection whatsoever with the Bharatiya Janata Party. These are their personal views. The BJP neither agrees with nor endorses such statements. The BJP outrightly rejects them,” BJP nationwide president J.P. Nadda mentioned in a publish on X.
“The Bharatiya Janata Party has always respected the judiciary and has wholeheartedly accepted its orders and suggestions. As a party, we believe that the Supreme Court, along with all other courts in the country, is an integral part of our democracy and a strong pillar in safeguarding the Constitution. I have directed both of them—and everyone else—to refrain from making such statements,” he added.