PM MODI MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY OF TAKING CREDIT IN THE APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE OF APEX COURT

Certainly, after the appointment of the Army Chief and RAW Chief, by the Modi govt., the BJP will try to capitalize both the appointments, during the time of the Uttarkhand assembly election.

It is not at all surprising to disclose the facts that both the Chief’s belong from the Garhwal region and if, the BJP could politicize the so called Surgical Attack for their political gain, then these two appointments will be enough for the BJP to lure the innocent voters of Uttarakhand, in the name of regionalism.

If media is to believe then the NIA Chief, Mr. Ajit Doval, who is a domicile of Garhwal region, was the instrument for the appointment of the Army Chief.

Let us remind that the President on Monday appointed Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar as the 44th Chief Justice of India from January 4, 2017, who is take oath in 4^th January, 2017.

Modi govt. is unfortunate enough that they could not take the credit of the appointment of Justice Khehar, who belongs from Punjab and the first person to become the Chief Justice from the Sikh community, where the assembly election is due in the coming year.

 In the case of the appointment of Justice Khehar, the decades-old convention of following the seniority norm has been duly complied with and not like the appointment of Army Chief, who was being elevated in the post, after superseding two Lt. Gen’s.

It is worth mentioning that the incumbent Chief Justice T.S. Thakur on December 6, 2016 communicated his recommendation to the government to appoint Justice Khehar, as Chief Justice of India.

It is sever bad luck for the PM Modi for not getting the credit of appointment of the CJ from the Sikh community; otherwise it would have been a feather in a cap, as like in the case of the appointment of Army Chief and RAW Chief.