Ram Jethmalani on why he lost respect for Modi

Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani on June 8 took to micro-blogging site Twitter to announce his breakup with Prime Minister Modi over the issue of appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). "My diminishing respect for you ends today," said the noted lawyer in his letter that was posted on social site Twitter.

Jethmalani's letter enclosed "clinching evidence of the Finance Minister's recommendee's total unfitness for the CVC post."He said that he had sent four installments of the incriminating evidence in this regard to the prime minister. Attacking Modi on the recent appointment of KV Chowdary as the CVC, the senior lawyer tweeted his letter in which he had advised the prime minister not to make any appointment for the top job. Read the full story here.

7 reasons why AAP won't survive as a political party

In 2011 Kejriwal and his supporters lamented the fact that there were so many chargesheeted politicians in Parliament. Well now there are dozens and dozens of cases against Kejriwal, his MLAs and AAP leaders.

The Indian judiciary system is slow, but it eventually does catch up. There was the 2013 dharna case, the attack on BJP headquarters and many arrests and bails of his MLAs. Very soon, the AAP will spend all their time in the courts.

The Arun Jaitley criminal defamation case is catching up against Kejriwal and an Assam court had also issued a bailable arrest warrant against him. The Shunglu report has brought to light many irregularities committed by the Kejriwal government. You can be sure that many more cases will pile up.

Kejriwal needs just one conviction in any personal case against him for his MLA ticket to be cancelled (and hence the loss of his CM’s post) and he won’t even be able to contest elections for six years! 

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