Dinakaran: BJP says judicial misconduct is caste-neutral

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Dinakaran: BJP says judicial misconduct is caste-neutral
Agencies Posted: Dec 22, 2009 at 1825 hrs
New Delhi BJP on Tuesday refuted BSP's accusation that the impeachment
demand against Karnataka Chief Justice P D Dinakaran was victimisation
of a Dalit, saying judicial misconduct was a "caste-neutral issue".
"Judicial misconduct is a caste-neutral issue. It always relates to
persons and not their background," Leader of Opposition in Rajya
Sabha, Arun Jaitley said.
He gave the examples of previous impeachment cases involving Justice
Ramaswamy of the Supreme Court and Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta
High Court, saying they were from different castes.
75 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed on a petition submitted to
Vice-President Hamid Ansari demanding an impeachment motion against
Dinakaran. MPs from BJP, Left Parties, Samajwadi Party and AIADMK had
signed on the petition. Congress and BSP did not give their assent.
BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati wrote a letter
to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the demand for impeachment
and argued that Dinakaran, a Dalit, was being victimised due to his
caste.
Signatures of 50 Rajya Sabha MPs or 100 Lok Sabha MPs are required to
bring about such a motion.
Dismissing the caste argument, Jaitley said, "I don't think caste can
be pleaded as a defence or a diversion..