Supreme Court ne Thursday ko Telangana ke Chief Minister Revanth Reddy ko unke comments ke liye sakhti se fatkar lagayi, jo unhone BRS leader K Kavitha ko Delhi excise policy scam se judi cases mein bail milne par diye the. Reddy ne question kiya tha ki Kavitha ko sirf 5 mahine mein bail kaise mil gayi, jabki Delhi ke Deputy CM Manish Sisodia ko 15 mahine ke baad aur Delhi ke CM Arvind Kejriwal ko ab tak nahi mili hai. Unhone BJP aur BRS ke beech ek alleged deal ka bhi sanket diya tha, jo Kavitha ki bail secure karne ke liye huvi ho sakti hai.
Supreme Court ke three-judge bench, jiska Leadership Justice B R Gavai kar rahe the, ne senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, jo Reddy ki taraf se present the, se kaha, “Kya yeh ek CM ke dwara diye jaane layak statement hai? Ek constitutional functionary aise bol raha hai? Kya humein political rivalry mein court ko ghaseetna chahiye? Kya hum political parties se consult kar ke orders pass karte hain? Humein politicians se koi lena dena nahi hai, aur agar koi hamare orders par criticism karta hai, toh usse humein farak nahi padta.”
Court ne further clarify kiya ki legislature mein interfere nahi karne ka jo stand unka hota hai, waise hi expectation legislature se bhi hoti hai.
Yeh sab sunwayi 2015 ke cash-for-vote scam case mein trial transfer karne ki petition par ho rahi thi, jismein Reddy accused hain. Petition BRS MLA Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy aur doosron ne file ki thi, jismein unhone yeh kaha ki state mein fair trial sambhav nahi hai, kyunki Reddy ab CM ke saath Home Minister bhi hain.
Court ne yeh bhi kaha ki wo is case mein trial ko conduct karne ke liye ek special prosecutor appoint karega.
Yeh case tab utha jab Revanth Reddy,
jo us waqt TDP ke MLA the, 31 May 2015 ko Telangana ke Anti-Corruption Bureau ke dwara red-handed pakde gaye the. Unpar yeh allegation tha ki unhone nominated MLC, Elvis Stephenson ko Rs 50 lakh offer kiye the TDP candidate ke favor mein vote karne ke liye.
