Monday, December 21, 2009

[ZESTCaste] Maya playing caste politics over HC judge, says Congress

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maya-playing-caste-politics-over-HC-judge-says-Congress/articleshow/5359552.cms

Maya playing caste politics over HC judge, says Congress
TNN 21 December 2009, 01:45am IST

NEW DELHI: Taking exception to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's
claim that the move to impeach Justice P D Dinakaran was an attempt to
victimise a dalit, Congress on Sunday accused her of doing caste
politics over a serious and sensitive issue.

"Congress does not see the issue in terms of caste, community or
religion," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said. He cautioned that
there was "no need to inject political motives into the constitutional
process".

Deploring Mayawati's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this
context, he said the Dinakaran issue was "in the judicial domain and
was also part of the constitutional process".

Singhvi said the process had adequate safeguards and "provided full
opportunity at each stage to the individual concerned".

Asked about some Congress MPs being equally vocal about Dinakaran's
"victimisation" because of his dalit identity, Singhvi termed such
utterances as "individual views".

His party colleague Manish Tiwari pointed out that Mayawati should
have waited until the inquiry committee, to be constituted by Rajya
Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, arrived at a decision. "There is no need
to tilt at windmills at this stage," he said.

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