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JP Nadda has rejected the statements against judiciary by his party lawmakers. Photo: Nadda FB

BJP has nothing to do with party MPs' remarks on Supreme Court over religious wars: Nadda

| @indiablooms | Apr 20, 2025, at 10:29 am

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  has distanced itself from the remarks made by its MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma against the Supreme Court on India's religious tensions, with party president J P Nadda on an X post clarifying that the statements by the lawmakers are never endorsed by the ruling party.

"The Bharatiya Janata Party has nothing to do with the statements made by BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma on the judiciary and the Chief Justice of the country. These are their personal statements, but the BJP neither agrees with such statements nor does it ever support such statements," Nadda said in the post.

Nishikant Dubey, an MP from Godda in Jharkhand, had said the Supreme Court is "responsible for inciting religious wars in the country" and went on to say that the "Supreme Court is going beyond its limits".

"The BJP completely rejects these statements. Bharatiya Janata Party has always respected the judiciary and gladly accepted its orders and suggestions because as a party we believe that all the courts of the country including the Supreme Court are an integral part of our democracy and are the strong pillar of the protection of the Constitution.

"I have instructed both of them and everyone else not to make such statements," Nadda said.

Dubey had earlier shared his ANI video clip on X in which, while responding to a question on the Waqf law and the communal violence in West Bengal, he said: “Iss desh mein jitne grih yuddha ho rahe hain unke zimmedar kewal yahaan ke Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna Sahab hain (CJI Sanjiv Khanna is responsible for all civil wars in this country).”

Dubey had said that if "one has to go to the Supreme Court for everything, then Parliament and State Assembly should be shut down."

He said the Supreme Court is responsible for inciting religious wars in the country. "The Supreme Court is going beyond its limits. If one has to go to the Supreme Court for everything, then Parliament and State Assembly should be shut," Dubey said, quoted by ANI.

Dinesh Sharma, another MP, taking on the judiciary said "no one can direct the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha".

Dubey meanwhile told The Indian Express that he had not consulted his party on his views.  “I am a disciplined soldier of the party. I will go by what the party says,” he told the newspaper.

The Supreme Court hearing  the recently enacted Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 raised concerns about certain provisions of the Act, including the 'Waqf by user' clause. In response, the government assured the apex court that it would refrain from implementing specific sections of the Act until the next hearing scheduled for May 5.

BJP MP Dinesh Sharma and former deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, also criticised the Supreme Court, saying no one can direct Parliament or the President. "According to the Constitution of India, no one can direct the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and the President has already given her assent to it. No one can challenge the President, as the President is supreme.", Sharma said, reported India Today.

The Supreme Court earlier this month slammed Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi's decision to withhold assent to 10 key bills and called it "illegal" and "arbitrary".

The court ruled that the Governor cannot reserve Bills for the President after withholding assent.

"The action of the Governor to reserve the 10 bills for the President is illegal and arbitrary. Thus, the action is set aside. All actions taken by the Governor thereto for the 10 bills are set aside. These Bills shall be deemed to be cleared from the date it was re-presented to the Governor," the bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan said.

The apex court observed that Governor Ravi did not act in "good faith".

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