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'Close down Parliament if…': Nishikant Dubey attacks Supreme Court; Congress MP says ‘not acceptable’
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey sparked controversy by questioning the Supreme Court's authority over law-making.
Nishikant Dubey of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday sparked a controversy after he took aim at the Supreme Court, saying the Parliament building should be closed down if the apex court has to make the laws.
The BJP MP made the cryptic post on X in Hindi without elaborating. His comment came amid the ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court over several petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which Parliament passed in the first week of this month.
The Centre has agreed not to implement some of its contentious provisions until the next hearing date after the court raised questions about them.
"Kanoon yadi Supreme Court hi banayega to Sansad Bhavan bandh kar dena chahiye," Nishikant Dubey said in post in Hindi on X.
Dubey blames CJI Sanjiv Khanna for “civil wars” in India
The Lok Sabha MP from Gonda in Jharkhand also held the Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, responsible for the “civil wars” happening in the country.
His response came after he was asked about Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kalyan Banerjee's demand for the resignation of BJP leader and Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Bill, Jagdambika Pal.
“Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, is responsible for all the civil wars happening in this country,” Nishikant Dubey told ANI.
Congress hits back
Responding to Nishikant Dubey's comment, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said, "This is a defamatory statement against the Supreme Court. Nishikant Dubey is a person who continuously demolishes all other institutions. Now, he has attacked the Supreme Court. I hope that the Supreme Court judges will take this into notice as he is not speaking in Parliament but outside it. His attack on the Supreme Court is not acceptable"
The Supreme Court's recent decision to set a timeline for the President of India to take a decision on the bills sent to her has also triggered a debate, with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar voicing strong disapproval of the judgement.
Opposition parties have lauded the court's direction to the President as well as the proceedings in the apex court in the Waqf (Amendment) Act matter.
Dubey, an MP from Godda in Jharkhand, is often in the vanguard of the BJP's political attacks on its rivals in the Lok Sabha and in articulating the ruling party's stand on various issues.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
