Known for his controversial statements, Haryana senior Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday took a dig at the Supreme Court for turning down demands for early hearings in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute when it could hear a late-night plea to delay the hanging of Mumbai attacks convict Yakub Memon.

“Supreme Court mahan hai (The Supreme Court is great),” Vij said, using the phrase twice in a tweet that seemed to mock the Apex Court.

 “If it so wishes it can open its doors on 29 July 2014 for an appeal to delay the death sentence awarded to 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. And if it wants, it can give a date on the issue of Ram Mandir, for which crores of Indians are eagerly waiting. The Supreme Court is great,” the tweet in Hindi posted by Vij read.

On Monday, the Supreme Court had turned down requests for early hearings in the Ayodhya title dispute and said it will decide the schedule in the first week of January.

“We have our own priorities. Whether the matter will be heard in January, February or March, the appropriate bench will decide,” Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had said.

Notably, the Yakub Memon hearing was actually during the pre-dawn hours of July 30, 2015.

Anil Vij, who is Haryana Health and Sports Minister while interacting with the mediapersons in Ambala said that the Apex Court is great.

“It can extend the hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi title case for three months, while crores of Indians wait for it. People from every corner of the country wanted the Union Government to bring an ordinance so that the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya can begin at the earliest,” the Minister said.

Vij is not new to controversies. The Minister had earlier compared Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to the deadly Nipah virus.