By Scroll Staff
Fifty-five Opposition MPs on Friday gave a notice in the Rajya Sabha for a motion to impeach Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court for his anti-Muslim remarks at an event organised by the Hindutva organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad, The Indian Express reported.
The notice sought the impeachment of Yadav for “hate speech and incitement to communal disharmony”. It described the judge’s statements as “outrageous, derogatory, and hateful”.
Legislators who signed the motion included Congress MPs Chidambaram and Digvijaya Singh, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha, Trinamool Congress MPs Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha and Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas.
At the Vishwa Hindu Parishad event on Sunday, Yadav said that India would be run as per the wishes of its Hindu majority. He also uttered a slur used for Muslims who have been circumcised and described the community as “harmful to the country”.
“They are the kind of people who do not want the country to progress and we need to be cautious of them,” Yadav said. He added that India would soon adopt a Uniform Civil Code – a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all citizens.
The 21-page motion, initiated by Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, said that the judge’s speech at the event on Sunday “prima facie [showed] evidence [he] has targeted minorities and displayed bias and prejudice against minorities”, NDTV reported.
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