Welcoming the Supreme Court judgments on the Maharashtra political row as well as the one that defined the Delhi government’s legislative and executive powers, the Congress on May 11 described them as “seminal and path-breaking”.
Addressing a press conference at the All India Congress Committee headquarters, Rajya Sabha member and national spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi, who had argued both the cases, said the top court’s orders were a “moral, political and ethical loss for the BJP”.
“Unholy, undemocratic and ugly nature of the BJP’s underbelly has been exposed,” Mr. Singhvi told reporters. Though the Supreme Court did not restore status quo ante by reinstating Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister, Mr. Singhvi argued that the court had castigated the actions of the former Maharashtra Governor [Bhagat Singh Koshyari] and the Speaker of the Assembly.
