Coming down heavily on Modi Government, the Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP of playing the politics of vendetta. AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi claimed that Subramanium, who was in line to become a Supreme Court judge but later withdrew his name, was paying the price for being the amicus curiae in a fake encounter case that had taken place during Modi’s tenure as in Gujarat Chief Minister.
“Gopal Subramanium saved the Government of embarrassment by withdrawing himself from the collegium. We now have serious assault on independence of judiciary, the mess created by the Government has extremely serious ramifications,” Singhvi said.On the issue of judicial appointment, Singhvi added that the issue is the clear usurpation by the Modi Government of the right to select judges. “The Government is acting through leaks, indirection, whispers and calumny,” Singhvi said.