Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology to the Rajasthan High Court for recent remarks whereby he alleged that there was rampant corruption in the judiciary.
On December 22, V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar had termed “inappropriate” the remarks made by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi that the government is seeking to “deligitimise the judiciary” and urged political leaders not to subject high constitutional offices to partisan stances.
Senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwai raised the issue in the House, and his senior colleague and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge sought, "If a Lok Sabha Member (Sonia Gandhi) talks outside, it should not be discussed in Rajya Sabha.