Narendra Modi slammed Justice Katju

BJP vs Justice Katju war intensify when Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi stepped in and slammed Press Council of India Chairman in his tweeter on Sunday evening.

“Justice Katju looks at Gujarat with a jaundiced eye. Jaitleyji’s insightful article demolishing lies spread about Gujarat,” tweeted Modi.

Recently Justice Markandey Katju criticised Modi  through his article n a national daily, where he wrote, “there is still a mystery of what happened in Godhra”.

BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad sharpen the attack, “We respect the Chairman of the Press Council of India and the former Supreme Court judge but the article written by Katju is not in good taste. He criticises the anti-Congress leadership of Bihar, West Bengal and has targeted Narendra Modi which is very unfortunate. Has Katju ever written an article about the scams under the leadership of the Congress?”

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley had asked for Markandey Katju’s removal, “Should not a former judge who currently occupies a quasi judicial office as Chairman of the Press Council of India, either quit before actively participating in politics or be sacked? Retired judges must remember that the rental for occupying a Lutyen’s bungalow post retirement has to be political neutrality, not political participation,” Jaitley said.

In his counter attack Justice Katju asked Arun Jaitley to retire from politics. He said, “Arun Jaitley is talking rubbish and I will not step down to his low level. He must resign from politics. He is twisting facts. I have criticised Congress-ruled states as well. I sent notices to the Maharashtra government when two girls were arrested for their post on Facebook.”

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