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Shah Targets INDIA VP Pick Over 2011 Salwa Judum Ruling, Says It Helped Naxalism

Reddy says the verdict was the Supreme Court’s, not his personally.

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The union home minister was speaking during the inauguration of the Manorama News conclave.
INDIA bloc's VP candidate Sudershan Reddy responds to Amit Shah's criticism of Salwa Judum verdict
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Overview

  • Speaking in Kochi on August 22, Amit Shah alleged Justice B Sudershan Reddy "supported" Naxalism by delivering the 2011 Salwa Judum judgment.
  • Responding on August 23, Reddy told PTI he would not join issue, saying the Salwa Judum ruling was the Supreme Court’s and urging decency in debate.
  • The 2011 decision in Nandini Sundar v. State of Chhattisgarh declared state-backed Salwa Judum and the use of tribal youths as Special Police Officers unconstitutional and ordered their disarmament.
  • BJP leaders, including Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma, claimed the verdict emboldened Maoists and devastated Bastar, and Shah framed Congress’s pick as driven by Left pressure in Kerala.
  • The vice-presidential election is scheduled for September 9, with Reddy of the INDIA bloc contesting against the NDA’s nominee, Maharashtra governor C P Radhakrishnan.