The plea said that the Supreme Court holding the state of Gujarat guilty of “usurpation of power” and “abuse of discretion” in its order “is an error apparent on the face of the record”.
One of the 73 prosecution witnesses in the Bilkis Bano case, he was part of the group that was attacked by a mob in Limkheda taluka of Gujarat's Dahod district on March 3, 2002, days after the Godhra incident.
‘Congress would like Sharmila to help it re-establish its connection with Andhra Pradesh people… It would be however premature to say that Andhra may also spring a surprise like what Telangana did,’ writes Siasat