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A special discussion on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution is all set to begin on Friday and the newly elected Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to make her maiden speech in the Lok Sabha during the debate.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to initiate the debate.

The two-day debate is expected to begin at 12 noon on Friday. Over 12 leaders from the BJP are expected to take part in the debate. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the discussion on December 14 evening.

Leaders and members of parties in the ruling National Democratic Alliance including HD Kumaraswamy, Srikant Shinde, Shambhavi Chaudhary, Rajkumar Sangwan, Jiten Ram Manjhi, Anupriya Patel and Rajiv Ranjan Singh are also likely to speak during the debate.

Sources said leaders of BJP and its allies are likely to refer to Emergency and speak about the “fake narratives being peddled” by the opposition.

DMK leaders TR Balu and A Raja and Trinamool Congress MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mohua Moitra are likely to take part in the debate.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party have issued a ‘three line whip’ to ensure the presence of their members.

“All BJP members in Lok Sabha are hereby informed that the 75th Anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India will be taken up in the Lok Sabha on Friday, the 13th of December and Saturday, the 14th of December 2024. All members of the BJP in Lok Sabha are, therefore, requested to be positively present in the House throughout both days i.e. Friday, the 13th of December and Saturday, the 1of 4th of December 2024 and support the Government’s stand,” the official statement of the BJP said.

According to the sources, Home Minister Amit Shah will initiate the debate in the Rajya Sabha on December 16.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the Opposition wants the House to run and have a debate on 75 years of adoption of the Constitution on December 13-14.

“I held a meeting with the Speaker. I told him that derogatory comments against me should be expunged. The Speaker said that he would look into it…Our aim is that the House must run and discussion should happen in the House. No matter what they say about me, we want that there should be a debate on 13th December,” Rahul Gandhi told reporters.

The first session of the winter Parliament commenced on November 25, with both Houses getting adjourned fairly early due to disruptions. The winter session will go on till December 20.

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A group of 55 Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Kapil Sibal, has submitted a request to impeach Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav for “hate speech and incitement to communal disharmony”.

In a 21-page motion submitted to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat Friday morning, Mr Sibal and his colleagues, including the Congress’ P Chidambaram and Digvijaya Singh, the AAP’s Raghav Chadha, the Trinamool’s Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale, the RJD’s Manoj Jha, and the CPIM’s John Brittas, argued Justice Yadav’s speech – at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event – “prima facie (shows) evidence (he) has targeted minorities and displayed bias and prejudice against minorities”.

The impeachment motion red-flagged what it said was Justice Yadav had crossed a line by “expressing his views on political matters in a public space” and that this was an egregious violation.

“… there is no ground for sitting judges of the High Courts to affiliate with extremist groups or parties. No litigant can hope for justice in a court in which a member holds such a biased, prejudiced, publicly expressed opinion against the minority community and in favour of majoritarian approach.”

VIDEO | “Today, we have given a notice to the Secretary General of Rajya Sabha for the impeachment of Justice Shekhar Yadav, Judge of Allahabad High Court. On December 9, he made a hate speech in the premises of High Court,” says Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) on… pic.twitter.com/N7KCQyl4rd

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 13, 2024

Justice Yadav, the appeal said, had made “outrageous, derogatory, and hateful statements…”

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Some of those were mentioned (translated from Hindi) in the impeachment appeal, including a reference to “seeing the Ram Mandir with your own eyes”, “India should function according to the wishes of the majority… this is the law”, and “I have no hesitation in saying this is Hindustan”.

The appeal cited a 1997 statement by the Supreme Court on Restatement of Values of Judicial Life, in which it was said “a judge shall not enter into public debate or express his views in public on political matters, or on matters that are pending, or are likely to arise for judicial determination”.

The actions of Justice Yadav, therefore, “are sufficient to prove grounds of misbehaviour and constitute charges of impeachment”, based on factors like engaging in hate speech, targeting and making discriminator remarks against minorities, and breaching a constitutional mandate, it said.

The Supreme Court has taken notice of the comments and called for more details.

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Justice Yadav’s comments also triggered a furious response from AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who asked, as the MPs seeking impeachment have, how a minority applicant could expect justice from such a judge. “This speech indicts the collegium system and raises questions on judicial impartiality. How can a minority party expect justice before someone who participates in VHP’s programs?”

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