Vice President of India Dhankhar, addressing law students at the National Law University (NLU) on Friday, said he was “extremely worried” over what he called a narrative aimed at destroying India’s
economy.
“I got extremely worried when a person holding a constitutional position, just last week, declared in a well-publicised media; I would say campaign, beseeching the Supreme Court to suo-motu (on its own)
invoke jurisdiction to give wings to a narrative aimed at destroyingour economy,” the Vice President said.
He said the youth must neutralise forces that keep partisan and self-interest above that of the nation. “We cannot allow it. It happens, it is at the cost of our rise,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, while speaking about the Hindenburg report, had called for the Supreme Court’s intervention.
Mr Dhankhar urged the students to look around and find out if the highest courts in other countries ever use “suo-motu cognisance”. He was almost in tears while making this statement in the presence of the students.
