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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after party MP Nishikant Dubey accused the Supreme Court of “inciting” religious wars in the country.

 

Addressing a gathering on Saturday, Owaisi said, “You people (BJP) are tubelights...threatening court in such a way...do you know what is (Article) 142 (of Constitution)? It was formed by BR Ambedkar...BJP is doing a fraud and threatening a religious war...you people are in power and you have become so radicalised that you are threatening court of a religious war."

 

He further urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein in party members: “Modi ji, if you don't stop these people, the country will become weak. Country won't forgive you and tomorrow you won't be in power.”

 

The backlash from Owaisi follows controversial remarks made by Dubey, the BJP MP from Godda, Jharkhand.

Dubey alleged, “The top court has only one aim 'Show me the face, will show you the law'. The Supreme Court is going beyond its lim0its. If one has to go to the Supreme Court for everything, then Parliament and State Assembly should be shut.”

 

Dubey also said, “Article 368 says that Parliament has the right to make all laws and the Supreme Court has the right to interpret the law. The top court is asking the President and Governor to tell what they have to go regarding the Bills. When Ram Mandir or Krishna Janmabhoomi or Gyanvapi comes, you (SC) say 'Show us the paper'. But when it comes to the mosques built after the arrival of the Mughals, you say there are no documents to show.”

 

The remarks have triggered criticism from across the political spectrum. Congress leader BV Srinivas stated, “A rowdy MP like Nishikant Dubey does not have the guts to open his mouth against the Supreme Court and the CJI without the orders of his masters. For how long will you utter Ram and stab, Nadda?”

 

In response to the row, BJP president JP Nadda distanced the party from Dubey’s comments.

 

“The BJP has nothing to do with the comments of MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma on the judiciary and the chief justice. This is their personal comments but the BJP neither agrees with them nor does it ever support such remarks. The BJP absolutely rejects them,” Nadda told reporters.