Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Opposition parties of “appeasement” politics, criticising their move to impeach Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench.

Amit Shah, who made the remarks during the reply to the debate in Lok Sabha on electoral reforms, said that this has never happened in all the years after independence that a judge is facing impeachment for a judgment.

“This has never happened in all the years after independence that a judge is facing impeachment for delivering a judgment. They brought the impeachment to appease thier vote bank,” he said.

He expressed surprise that Shiv Sena (UBT) had also signed the petition. The Home Minister said the judgment is that there’s a custom to light a lamp at the hilltop.

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