Ordinance to shield convicted leaders is complete nonsense: Rahul

mangaloretoday.com

New Delhi, Sept 27: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi openly opposed the ordinance on convicted legislators and said it was a complete nonsense. He said, "The ordinance is a complete nonsense, should be torn and thrown away." Rahul said, "All parties do this because of political considerations and we must stop making compromises."

 

The remarks came as an embarrassment for the Congress as the Union Cabinet had passed the ordinance on Tuesday over-ruling Supreme Court’s judgement.

Meanwhile, party leaders Sandeep Dikshit, Milind Deora and Anil Shastri also spoke against the ordinance. The Congress leaders are now coming out in open opposing the ordinance on convicted leaders and it has become an embarassment for the party.

Sandeep said the ordinance needs clarity and the matter should have been refered to the standing committee. Sandeep Dikshit said, "While I believe that the ordinance that has now come and has kind of clarified many of them but I personally believe that it is something that should intially go to the standing committee."

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party had also met President Pranab Mukherjee asking him not to sign the ordinance.