Gadkari says govt using judiciary, Khurshid rejects charge

September 25, 2012 21:20

BJP President Nitin Gadkari today alleged that besides the CBI, the government is now using and pressurising the judiciary as well to "blackmail" Opposition parties and have its way, a charge rejected by the government.

Speaking to reporters here, Gadkari said, "The CBI is being misused. The CBI and the judiciary are being used to blackmail Opposition parties. Such facts are coming to light." But Law Minister Salman Khurshid, while playing down the allegation, rejected it saying that such statements have "no importance."

"If someone makes such an allegation, it has no importance. Are there any facts...judiciary has a respectable place in our system. Even Parliament cannot interfere in its functioning," he said here.

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