BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised former SC judge Sudershan Reddy for meeting fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav, calling it “hypocrisy in extreme.” The Vice Presidential election on September 9 will see Reddy face NDA’s CP Radhakrishnan.
INDIA bloc’s Vice-President candidate Sudershan Reddy defended his Salwa Judum judgement, telling Amit Shah to “read the judgement and then speak.” He said he will continue to protect the Constitution.
Retired judges slam Amit Shah over “unfortunate, prejudicial misinterpretation” of the Salwa Judum verdict, defending Sudershan Reddy and warning against political attacks undermining judiciary independence.
Justice B Sudershan Reddy said the Salwa Judum verdict was the Supreme Court’s collective decision, not his personal stand, after Amit Shah accused him of “supporting Naxalism.” He stressed, “The judgment is not mine, the judgment is of the Supreme Court.”
Home Minister Amit Shah accused INDIA bloc’s VP nominee, Justice B Sudershan Reddy, of supporting Naxalism through his 2011 Salwa Judum judgment. He claimed the ruling weakened India’s fight against extremism.
