The appearance of Singhvi in the Kerala high court in a lottery case had raised a storm in the Kerala unit which had launched a campaign against promoters of lotteries from outside the state.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi was today virtually suspended as Congress spokesperson as he was barred from holding media briefings till the party high command decided on the controversy over his appearance in a lottery case in Kerala high court.
The AICC gave ample indications in this regard in the backdrop of angry party leaders from Kerala complaining bitterly to the leadership over the action of Singhvi, which has caused embarrassment to the state unit.
"The party has taken serious note of it (Singhvi's action). The matter is under consideration of the party and therefore, it is implied that he will perhaps not brief...," party General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said here.
Reacting to the development, Singhvi, who had withdrawn from the case, said that he will always remain an "obedient" Congress worker.
"The Congress high command is always final. I am and will remain an obedient Congress worker", Singhvi, who is also chairman of the AICC Legal department, said.
The appearance of Singhvi, who is an eminent lawyer, in the Kerala high court had raised a storm in the Kerala unit which had launched a campaign against promoters of lotteries from outside the state and senior state Congress leaders had complained to AICC over his action.
Singhvi, who is also the deputy chairman of the AICC media department, had earlier maintained that he was appearing for the Government of Bhutan in support of a Central government enactment and regulation of 2010 and it had nothing to do with politics. Later he announced his decision to withdraw from the case to "avoid any communication gap or controversy".
The ruling Left Democratic Front had seized the issue as a weapon to strike back at the Congress-led United Democratic Front which has taken the lotteries as one of the major issues in the campaign for civic polls this month.
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