New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a dig at Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for the information given in the Lok Sabha regarding the sedition law. The former Home Minister tweeted, “Law Minister said that there is no proposal with the Home Ministry to repeal the law related to sedition.
He did not say that there is a proposal with the Ministry of Home Affairs that cases should be registered against many innocent people under the law of sedition. Taking a jibe at Rijiju, he also said, “The Law Minister also said that there is no record of any comment being made by the Supreme Court with reference to the sedition law. He did not say that he does not read the news of the Supreme Court proceedings in the newspapers.
Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that no proposal related to the removal of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with sedition, is under consideration with the Home Ministry.
In a written reply to a question, he said that the ‘question of law’ relating to Section 124A is pending with the Supreme Court. AIUDF leader Badruddin Amjal asked him whether the Supreme Court has recently declared the law related to sedition as colonial and said that this law is being misused? In response, the Law Minister said, “There is no such remark in any judgment or order of the Supreme Court.”