‘Politicians may be lynched’: Delhi HC’S outburst in MCD funds case

It was supposed to be a hearing on non-payment of salaries of workers of Delhi’s municipal corporations. Instead, the interplay between the Centre (the Bjp-led NDA government), the state (the AAP government), and the MCDS (controlled by the BJP), that is at the root of the crisis, provoked the court to launch a broadside against politicians in

NEW DELHI:

general, with the warning that leaders could be “lynched by the public” if they do not rise above politics.

A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli lamented the spate of “irresponsible statements” made by politicians.

Making generic comments about the state of polity in the country, the bench warned that something really bad could be in store for the politicians.

“You have to mature and rise above all this. If this is the way things go on, I won’t be surprised if the politicians and people who indulge in this are lynched by public,” said justice Sanghi.

The Delhi government did not comment on the court’s outburst, which came through during a hearing on non-payment of salaries and pensions of serving and retired employees, including teachers, doctors and sanitation workers, of the three civic bodies.