Congress raises issue of appointment of Goel as NGT Chairman in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Jul 25 The opposition to the appointment of a former Supreme Court judge who was a part of a seat that had "diluted" a law on atrocities against SCs STs as National Green Tribunal executive, today reverberated in Parliament with the Congress saying it demonstrated the BJP-drove government's help to his judgement.

The leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge and his party associate K Suresh brought the issue up in Lok Sabha amid the Zero Hour, with the last claiming that Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel was near a conservative outfit and had given the judgement under its pressure.

The government has "rewarded" him for this, Suresh guaranteed, as BJP's Anurag Thakur protested his remarks.

Goel was one of the two apex court judges on a seat that presented a few protects in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Dalit bodies and all major political gatherings have said the judgement has "weakened and debilitated the law". The administration delegated him as the NGT director quickly after he resigned from the best court early this month.

Kharge said Goel's appointment demonstrated that the legislature bolstered his judgment.

Suresh said the improvement has conveyed a wrong message and Dalits have been requesting his expulsion.

He also referred to the reported opposition to Goel's appointment by Dalit MPs of the ruling NDA and Union Minister and BJP partner Ram Vilas Paswan's letter to Home Minister Rajnath Singh against it.

Paswan, who was available in the House, had all the earmarks of being signaling to talk however did not. He was seen addressing Suresh later and furthermore called association serve Arjun Ram Meghwal, a Dalit member from the BJP, for a few consultations.

Kharge also raised the issue of the UGC's order that diverse branches of a college be dealt with as independent units for executing share for various networks, instead of the entire educational institution.

It is causing a lot of damage the SCs, STs and OBCs, he stated, pondering, "Would you like to end reservation?".

Intervening in the issue, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said the administration has effectively coordinated stoppage of execution of this UGC choice and furthermore recorded a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court, as the order was a result of a court's decision.

He also underlined the NDA government's responsibility to reservation, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has regularly declared that even a 'full stop' and 'coma' in the present quantity guidelines would not be changed.