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Dinakaran: BJP says judicial misconduct is caste-neutral Agencies Posted: Dec 22, 2009 at 1825 hrs New Delhi BJP on Tuesday refuted BSP’s accusation that the impeachment demand against Karnataka Chief Justice P D Dinakaran was victimisation of a Dalit, saying judicial misconduct was a “caste-neutral issue”. “Judicial misconduct is a caste-neutral issue. It always relates to persons and not their background,” Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley said. He gave the examples of previous impeachment cases involving Justice Ramaswamy of the Supreme Court and Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta High Court, saying they were from different castes. 75 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed on a petition submitted to Vice-President Hamid Ansari demanding an impeachment motion against Dinakaran. MPs from BJP, Left Parties, Samajwadi Party and AIADMK had signed on the petition. Congress and BSP did not give their assent. BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the demand for impeachment and argued that Dinakaran, a Dalit, was being victimised due to his caste. Signatures of 50 Rajya Sabha MPs or 100 Lok Sabha MPs are required to bring about such a motion. Dismissing the caste argument, Jaitley said, “I don’t think caste can be pleaded as a defence or a diversion.. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
