“Use Your Energy To…”: Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Sack VK Singh
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL (public interest litigation) seeking to remove Union Minister VK Singh over alleged anti-Army statements he had made on February 7; the statements were made with reference to the border stand-off with China along the LAC.
The court dismissed the PIL saying it was for the Prime Minister to remove a minister, and asked the petitioner to focus on helping the country rather than file such petitions.
The petitioner – activist Chandrasekaran Ramasamy had argued that the comments by VK Singh – a retired four-star General in the Indian Army – were in breach of his oath as a minister and had weakened India’s global authority, as well as offering China a justification for its transgressions.
