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PILs in Loya case nothing but propaganda machinery against ruling leadership: BJP leaders
BJP leaders Meenakshi Lekhi and Aman Sinha on Thursday said the PILs on the death of special CBI judge B H Loya was a kind of \"blackmail and propaganda machinery\" aimed at maligning the people in power and the Congress leadership should apologise the BJP President Amit Shah.
NEW DELHI: BJP leaders Meenakshi Lekhi and Aman Sinha on Thursday said the PILs on the death of special CBI judge B H Loya was a kind of "blackmail and propaganda machinery" aimed at maligning the people in power and the Congress leadership should apologise the BJP President Amit Shah.
Lekhi, Lok Sabha MP from New Delhi constituency and a lawyer, said the petitioners and activist advocates opposed to the BJP ruled government were trying to denigrate the constitutional institution.
"When a court takes a decision against them, they start crying foul, maligning people in power bringing disrepute to the constitutional institution," she said, adding that those involved in the PILs on Loya's death were trying to "bring suspicion in the minds of people who are actually right thinking and have faith in the judiciary and democratic institutions."
Sharing her views, Sinha, senior advocate and BJP spokesperson said,"with this judgement, those who attempted to politicise and malign the judiciary with malafide intent and ulterior motives stand exposed.
"The petitioners and Congress leadership should apologise to the nation and BJP President Amit Shah for attempting to malign him," Sinha said.
Lekhi said "a hue and cry on the lines of Camridge Analytica controversy was being created" to create doubts in the minds of the people who have faith on the judiciary.
"It is a kind of blackmail basically and their propaganda machinery at large," she said and recalled that when activist Teesta Setalvad was getting bail after bail in corruption cases, the same set of people who are not happy with the outcome of the today's verdict were hailing the apex court orders.
"This is the same institution which has given bail after bail to Teesta Setalvad even in case of corruption for misuse of funds and not just carrying out propaganda mechanism.
That is alright but dare find anything against these motivated groups then there is conspiracy for everyone to see," she said adding that misuse of PILs should be stopped.
Lekhi said public interest litigations (PILs) should not become private interest litigations as has been held in today's judgement.
