New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday opposed an ordinance that negates a Supreme Court order disqualifying MPs and MLAs if convicted in a criminal case.
Government opted for the ordinance route Tuesday, after a bill for the same could not be passed in the monsoon session of parliament.
Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj tweeted: "Union Cabinet has approved ordinance on convicted MP's. We are opposed to this. We request the President not to sign this ordinance."
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari took to Twitter and responded: "The constitutionality or otherwise of legal enactments are tested in Constitutional courts and not in the BJP's moat."
