Indore, Jun 14 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has welcomed Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav’s move to seek action against him for ‘criminal contempt’ in the Supreme Court, saying it would provide him an opportunity to place his arguments before the court.
According to a statement issued by Singh’s office on Saturday, he even spoke to Bhargav over the phone and thanked him for writing to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta regarding the matter.
In his letter, the mayor flagged a video in which Singh allegedly used derogatory language toward the Supreme Court.
Singh, in the video, commented on the returning officer rejecting the nomination of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan in the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh recently.
The former MP chief minister said in his statement that Bhargav’s letter to the Solicitor General would allow him to present his arguments and facts before the country’s highest court.
“In a democratic system, every citizen and public representative has the right to express views and defend their position through established constitutional and judicial processes,” the statement quoted him as saying.
The former MP chief minister expressed confidence that the truth and facts would emerge clearly before the Supreme Court. PTI COR LAL KRK GK
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