Agartala, Nov 13 (UNI) Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee reacted sharply over Chief
Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's comment on Indian judiciary while addressing the newly
appointed Tripura Civil Service (TCS) officers on Thursday.
The Congress President Pijush Kanti Biswas on Friday alleged, CM had undermined the
status of Chief Justice of India when commented, “The Supreme Court of India has got a
large number of Chief Justices since Independence but Justice Ranjan Gogoi has occupied
a special place for a judgement in the history of Supreme Court.”
Biswas, a renowned lawyer of Northeast sought the attention of Supreme Court stating that
such statement from a chief minister amounts to an utter disrespect to all the Chief Justices
of the country who had served till the judgment of Ram temple.
He questioned the jurisdiction of chief minister and asked how can a chief minister compare
the Chief Justice referring to a particular judgment, which is also showing disregard to Justice
Gogoi and creating confusion in public mind.
“After Ram temple judgement, Justice Gogoi was awarded to Rajyasabha by BJP and
Congress party had raised the question at the beginning. With the statement of Biplab Deb
it is clear that how BJP influences judiciary and we want response from the apex court,”
Biswas stated.
A day before Chief Minister made another blunder, which embarrassed state BJP after
students of Korbok in Gomati district requested him to appoint a teacher for Political
Science. Deb told the students, “For teaching Political Science doesn’t require a separate
teacher, the teachers of history and geography are well enough.”
In two and half years of tenure Biplab Deb has made several such comments that triggered controversy across the globe and put BJP in trouble.
Earlier, he said Sikhs and Jaths are known to be industrious but less intelligent, when ducks
swim in water, the oxygen level automatically increases in the water body, internet was used
during Mahabharata era, only civil engineers suited for civil services, Diana Hayden not
worthy of Miss World crown and keep a cow or open a paan shop, instead of running after
govt jobs.
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