BJP came up with ‘fake’ issue to get Parliament adjourned: Congress

On Monday, the Congress alleged that the BJP fabricated a “totally false” issue to have Parliament adjourned, preventing the discussion on the grave matter concerning Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Varma’s behavior.

BJP representatives in the Lok Sabha have been highlighting the matter of providing reservations for Muslims in government contracts in Karnataka, asserting that state Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar allegedly proposed altering the Constitution to include four per cent reservation for Muslims.

Shivakumar has, however, asserted that he never claimed that the Constitution would be modified in any way to provide religion-based reservations. The Rajya Sabha’s proceedings were halted on Monday during the pre-lunch session without any business being conducted as the treasury and opposition benches clashed over the topic of reservations for Muslims in Karnataka public contracts.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “Today the BJP came up with a completely fake issue to get Parliament adjourned so that the very serious issue of Justice Yashwant Varma’s conduct does not get discussed.”

 “They seem to have made up their mind that they don’t want the House to function. It’s been many days now, they find some excuse or the other to (create ruckus),” Priyanka Gandhi told reporters in Parliament complex after the Lok Sabha was adjourned for a second time during the day.

In a groundbreaking action, the Supreme Court late on Saturday night published on its website an internal investigation report, featuring photos and videos, regarding the purported finding of a large cache of money at the home of Justice Varma.

Following the suggestion in the 25-page report, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna formed an internal committee to carry out an investigation and requested Delhi High Court Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya to refrain from allocating any judicial duties to Justice Varma.