‘All king’s horses, men can not place…’: P Chidambaram reacts to Kiren Rijiju’s ‘lakshman rekha’ observation on sedition

Unusual Delhi: Kiren Rijiju, the Regulation Minister of India, has no authority to plot any arbitrary Lakhsman Rekha on the sedition law, Congress leader P Chidambaram tweeted on Thursday, reacting to the minister’s Wednesday observation that all the branches of the democracy, alongside with the judiciary, shouldn’t horrible their boundaries. The observation had come within the wake of the Supreme Court docket portray in which it had build in abeyance all appropriate proceedings associated to the sedition law till the Centre re-examines its controversial provisions.”The Regulation Minister of India has no authority to plot any arbitrary Lakshman Rekha. He could well furthermore simply quiet read Article 13 of the Structure. The Legislature can not accomplish a law, nor can a law be allowed to stay on the statute e book, that violates the Principal Rights,” he tweeted.”The sedition law, within the ogle of many appropriate students, violates Articles 19 and 21 of the Structure. Your entire King’s horses and your entire King’s men can not place that law,” he added, taking a dig on the Central government. 

The sedition law, within the ogle of many appropriate students, violates Articles 19 and 21 of the StructureYour entire King’s horses and your entire King’s men can not place that law

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) Would possibly presumably 12, 2022

CJI NV Ramana, on the joint conference of Chief Justices and Chief Ministers excellent month, had acknowledged your entire three arms of the democracy – judicial, legislative and executive – can work in tandem if the lakshman rekha (boundary)  will not be crossed. Rijiju on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for tweeting over the Supreme Court docket’s stay on the sedition law. He attacked P Chidambaram also, asserting many sedition circumstances had been filed for the duration of his tenure as the Union Dwelling Minister.