Rahul Gandhi calls convicted lawmakers ordinance 'complete nonsense', here are politician reactions to the comment
The Congress vice-president called an impromptu press conference where he lashed out against his government's proposal.
On Friday, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi in an impromptu media briefing caused a major embarrassment to the UPA government as he denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers as "complete nonsense" and said what "our government has done is wrong".
Read Rahul Gandhi's full speech The Congress party reacted by saying, "situations evolve" as they were left red-faced by Gandhi's comments.
On Twitter, Shashi Tharoor, HRD minister for state tweeted,
Congress MP from Mumbai, South had tweeted on Thursday expressing his disapproval of the ordinance,
Even Congress MP Priya Dutt had tweeted on Thursday night said,
There is some kind of "misunderstanding" on the intent and purport of the ordinance on convicted lawmakers and its contour needs to be understood in entirety, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said.
"Rahul Gandhi's rejection of ordinance indicates differences between Congress and UPA," said Rajnath Singh, President of the BJP.
Welcoming Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi denouncing the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said Gandhi has taken a principled stand.
Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, "Those responsible for ordinance should resign."
Read Jaitley's full comment's here
The BJP spoke out saying, "Is this a govt or drama company."
Read the party's full stand here
Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj on Thursday night tweeted her views,