In his maiden speech in Rajya Sabha during the Motion of Thanks for the President's address on Wednesday, Jha detailed how Congress leaders twisted the Constitution in 2005.
He said, "The President of India talked about the emergency period in her speech, and Bihar was the biggest battleground. Under the leadership of Jai Prakash Narayan, the total revolution movement was started. Emergency was imposed in the country in 1975. but I want to point out two things in the House. In 2005, there was a UPA government at the Centre, and the assembly elections were held in Bihar in February. At that time, a non-consensus assembly emerged. managed to achieve a majority in the Bihar assembly and was about to form the government. At that time, Buta Singh was the governor of Bihar and he called a cabinet meeting. The then president (APJ Abdul Kalam) was in Moscow. document was sent to the governor of Bihar by fax and President's rule was imposed in Bihar. "This is the reality of Congress' expression of love for the Constitution," Jha said.
He pointed out two incidents from that time. Quoting Union Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj, he said: “Bhardwaj, in his statement, pointed out that he was under tremendous pressure from the Manmohan Singh government to obtain a favorable order from the Supreme Court to impose the rule of the president in Bihar in 2005. to prevent the combined JD(U) and BJP government from coming to power. Bhardwaj said that he met Chief Justice YK Sabbarwal, who headed the constitutional bench dealing with the case to get a favorable ruling.”
"The five-judge bench held that the President's government's imposition was a misuse of Article 356 and was clearly politically motivated based on Governor Buta Singh's report," Jha said.
Quoting Hans Raj Bhardwaj again, Jha said, “Former Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj in his statement said that Justice Sabbarwal was a friend of his family but he was a tough judge and could not muster the courage to ask him for any favor in this theme when we meet him for a cup of coffee.”
"Then BJP leader Arun Jaitley opposed the president's rule in Bihar," Jha said.
Sanjay Jha also referred to some contents of a book called “The Turning Point” written by the then President APJ Abdul Kalam.
“As soon as the verdict (on the president's rule in Bihar) came out, I wrote a resignation letter and was about to send it to the then vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who was an experienced politician and lawyer. At that time he was out of the country. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted to meet me for another conversation. We met in my office in the afternoon. After finishing the discussion, I said that I had decided to resign from the position of President and showed him the letter. The Prime Minister was disturbed as soon as he saw the letter. The scene was moving and I don't want to describe it. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pleaded with me not to do so at this difficult time. He said that the result of this could create such a situation that even the government could fall. Therefore, I did not resign,” Jha said quoting a book by then president APJ Abdul Kalam.
"Now, they are wandering around with the Constitution book while the Law Minister of the UPA government went to the President's House and took the signature of the President's Government in Bihar in the evening. They all knew who was running the government at that time .Who was the superpower and imposed President's rule in Bihar," Jha said.
He said, "The President of India talked about the emergency period in her speech, and Bihar was the biggest battleground. Under the leadership of Jai Prakash Narayan, the total revolution movement was started. Emergency was imposed in the country in 1975. but I want to point out two things in the House. In 2005, there was a UPA government at the Centre, and the assembly elections were held in Bihar in February. At that time, a non-consensus assembly emerged. managed to achieve a majority in the Bihar assembly and was about to form the government. At that time, Buta Singh was the governor of Bihar and he called a cabinet meeting. The then president (APJ Abdul Kalam) was in Moscow. document was sent to the governor of Bihar by fax and President's rule was imposed in Bihar. "This is the reality of Congress' expression of love for the Constitution," Jha said.
He pointed out two incidents from that time. Quoting Union Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj, he said: “Bhardwaj, in his statement, pointed out that he was under tremendous pressure from the Manmohan Singh government to obtain a favorable order from the Supreme Court to impose the rule of the president in Bihar in 2005. to prevent the combined JD(U) and BJP government from coming to power. Bhardwaj said that he met Chief Justice YK Sabbarwal, who headed the constitutional bench dealing with the case to get a favorable ruling.”
"The five-judge bench held that the President's government's imposition was a misuse of Article 356 and was clearly politically motivated based on Governor Buta Singh's report," Jha said.
Quoting Hans Raj Bhardwaj again, Jha said, “Former Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj in his statement said that Justice Sabbarwal was a friend of his family but he was a tough judge and could not muster the courage to ask him for any favor in this theme when we meet him for a cup of coffee.”
"Then BJP leader Arun Jaitley opposed the president's rule in Bihar," Jha said.
Sanjay Jha also referred to some contents of a book called “The Turning Point” written by the then President APJ Abdul Kalam.
“As soon as the verdict (on the president's rule in Bihar) came out, I wrote a resignation letter and was about to send it to the then vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who was an experienced politician and lawyer. At that time he was out of the country. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted to meet me for another conversation. We met in my office in the afternoon. After finishing the discussion, I said that I had decided to resign from the position of President and showed him the letter. The Prime Minister was disturbed as soon as he saw the letter. The scene was moving and I don't want to describe it. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pleaded with me not to do so at this difficult time. He said that the result of this could create such a situation that even the government could fall. Therefore, I did not resign,” Jha said quoting a book by then president APJ Abdul Kalam.
"Now, they are wandering around with the Constitution book while the Law Minister of the UPA government went to the President's House and took the signature of the President's Government in Bihar in the evening. They all knew who was running the government at that time .Who was the superpower and imposed President's rule in Bihar," Jha said.
