Will BJP govt suggest Congress spokesperson as choose, asks Anant Gadgil

Congress chief Anant Gadgil has requested if the BJP authorities will ever suggest a spokesperson from his occasion as a excessive courtroom or Supreme Court docket choose.

An argument broke out lately with reviews of the Supreme Court docket collegium recommending lawyer and former BJP spokesperson Aarti Sathe for appointment as a choose of the Bombay Excessive Court docket. The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) has mentioned she resigned from the occasion in 2023.

Some Congress spokespersons are eminent legal professionals, mentioned Gadgil, himself a celebration spokesperson, in a press release.

“Will the BJP authorities suggest a Congress spokesperson as a choose?” he requested.

Referring to landmark SC judgments, corresponding to Anna Mathew Vs Supreme Court docket and Krishnamurthy Vs Union of India, Gadgil famous that whereas the apex courtroom has held political background alone shouldn’t disqualify a candidate from being really helpful for a judicial workplace, moral implications of appointing a former occasion spokesperson stay deeply troubling.