Law Minister’s remark
The remark by the Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju, that “nobody should cross the Lakshman Rekha”, with reference to the Supreme Court of India’s decision to freeze the sedition law, was uncalled for and in bad taste. In a functioning democracy where two pillars of democracy, the executive and the judiciary, have exclusive powers independent of each other, such a remark coming from a Minister in the government exposes the fact that the former is encroaching upon the prerogative of the latter — which is a sad thing.
Prabhu Raj R.,
