The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh demanded resignation of Union minister Uma Bharti and State’s cabinet minister Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya after the Supreme Court allowing fresh charges of criminal conspiracy against them on Wednesday.
leader of opposition in the state assembly Ajay Singh in a statement here on Wednesday said, “Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti and Higher Education and Public Service Management Minister of state cabinet Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya resign on moral grounds after the apex court allowing to restore criminal conspiracy charges against them.”
Singh further said that after today’s order of the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should immediately remove Bharti and Pawaiya from their respective cabinets.
Notably, the Supreme Court on Wednesday revived the 25-year-old trial in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute by allowing fresh charges of criminal conspiracy against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders lK Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and 13 others including Pawaiya.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee spokesman JP Dhanopia in a separate statement said that after apex court Bharti and Pawaiya should resign from union and state cabinets respectively on moral grounds.
Dhanopiya further said that of Bharti does not resign on moral grounds than the President Pranab Mukkherjee should immediately dismiss her from the union cabinet so that the accused could be stopped from occupying constitutional chair.
Criticizing Pawaiya the state Congress spokesman said that in his reaction over Supreme Court order the minister said that the allegations of conspiracy for demolition of Babri mosque could not be proved in any court proves that he (Pawaiya) does not have faith in the judiciary, hence he should immediately resign from his post.