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BJP wants to control judiciary: Congress on Sambhal CJM transfer row

IANS | January 24, 2026 03:44 PM

NEW DELHI: Congress Media In-charge Pawan Khera on Saturday raised the issue of Judge Vibhanshu Sudheer's transfer from the post of Sambhal Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) and said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should not bring a "tried and tested model" in another state to "control the judiciary" in Uttar Pradesh.

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi, Khera said, "Lawyers in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, are outraged, and slogans are being raised there. Young people, women, students, labourers, religious leaders, the middle class -- every section of the country is troubled by the BJP."

He shared a video of the Gujarat riots accused Babu Bajrangi's video and said that the clip "clearly shows how then-Gujarat Chief Minister changed the judge to give him relief. This means it's a tested model, which is now being implemented in Uttar Pradesh."

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