{"id":31732,"date":"2014-01-15T10:55:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T05:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31732"},"modified":"2014-01-15T10:55:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T05:25:24","slug":"aap-minister-trouble-bjp-demands-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aap-minister-trouble-bjp-demands-resignation","title":{"rendered":"AAP minister in trouble, BJP demands resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/aap-minister-trouble-bjp-demands-resignation\/aa-32\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31733\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aap-minister-trouble-bjp-demands-resignation\/aa-32\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa11.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"261,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa11.jpg?fit=150%2C110&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa11.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31733 alignright\" alt=\"aa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aa11-150x110.jpg?resize=150%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa11.jpg?resize=150%2C110&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa11.jpg?w=261&amp;ssl=1 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Tuesday came under fire from political quarters over his indictment by a court for &#8220;tampering with evidence&#8221; in a case which he handled last year.<\/p>\n<p>While the Congress criticised Bharti, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the resignation of the minister who defended himself, saying it was an &#8220;absolute lie&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also defended Bharti.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The report indicting me for tampering with evidence is an absolute lie and I don&#8217;t understand what was the urgency for him (reporter) to go ahead without cross verifying the facts with me as this news pertains to Aug 2013,&#8221; Bharti told reporters here.<\/p>\n<p>According to a media report, an order was passed by then Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Poonam A. Bamba in which she pulled up Bharti and his client Pawan Kumar &#8211; facing prosecution on corruption charges &#8211; after the CBI accused them of influencing a prosecution witness by speaking to him on phone and discussing the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Somnath Bharti was trying to save a junior level officer and the sting operation that has been done is being called tampering of evidence by the judges,&#8221; Kejriwal told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are ready to give the recording and then you can see and tell where has the tampering been done. I have told Somnath that the recording be played to the media,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The law minister said it was &#8220;erroneous on the part of the judge to call it tampering of evidence&#8221; and that he was instead &#8220;strengthening evidence&#8221; for the case but still was hauled up by both the BJP and the Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People in this country respect the judiciary the most. Our judiciary is independent and nothing can be more serious than raising questions on it,&#8221; said Congress Delhi chief Arvinder Singh Lovely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether a department like law should be headed by a person who is himself accused of breaking the law is a matter of concern,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP demanded Bharti&#8217;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) talks about honesty and their own minister is trying to shield an accused in a fraud case. We demand his resignation and this incident has exposed the reality of the AAP,&#8221; said its Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel.<\/p>\n<p>The case relates to Pawan Kumar, a bank employee, prosecuted by the CBI in three separate cases for his alleged acts of omission and commission while employed with the State Bank of Mysore since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Tuesday came under fire from political quarters over his indictment by a court for &#8220;tampering with evidence&#8221; in a case which he handled last year. While the Congress criticised Bharti, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the resignation of the minister who defended himself, saying it was an &#8220;absolute lie&#8221;. 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