New Delhi: Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani today announced his "break-up" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his "diminishing respect" for PM Modi has "ended".
The expelled BJP MP, who had strongly supported PM Modi's prime ministerial bid, had been opposed to the appointment of former CBDT chairman KV Chowdary as Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and said he will now fight the government in Supreme Court after his appointment was cleared by President today.
"Now we shall fight out in the Supreme Court and the court of the people of India. My diminishing respect for you ends today," Mr Jethmalani wrote in a letter to Modi.
He posted the communication on Twitter and called it "My break-up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi".
Expressing strong reservations over the move to make Mr Chowdary as next CVC, he had written to President Pranab Mukherjee and PM Modi, questioning his credentials.
The expelled BJP MP, who had strongly supported PM Modi's prime ministerial bid, had been opposed to the appointment of former CBDT chairman KV Chowdary as Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and said he will now fight the government in Supreme Court after his appointment was cleared by President today.
"Now we shall fight out in the Supreme Court and the court of the people of India. My diminishing respect for you ends today," Mr Jethmalani wrote in a letter to Modi.
Expressing strong reservations over the move to make Mr Chowdary as next CVC, he had written to President Pranab Mukherjee and PM Modi, questioning his credentials.
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