‘Enough is enough’: SC questions delay in case against BJP leader for Colonel Sofiya Qureshi remarks
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The Supreme Court on Friday criticised the Madhya Pradesh government for delaying the grant of sanction to prosecute Bharatiya Janata Party leader and state minister Vijay Shah for his remarks allegedly targeting Colonel Sofiya Quresh, Bar and Bench reported.
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A decision on a request from a Special Investigation Team to grant the sanction had to be submitted two weeks ago, noted a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
“Just comply with our order now,” Bar and Bench quoted the chief justice as saying. “Enough is enough. The first thing should have been an apology [from Shah]. It was only after we took cognisance [that an apology was issued].”
The bench listed the matter after four weeks.
The case pertains to remarks made by the BJP leader at an event in Mhow on May 13, 2025.
Shah had said that those who had widowed the daughters of India had been taught a lesson by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “by sending the sister from their own community”. He repeated the remark immediately after saying it the first time.
While the BJP leader did not name a person, Opposition parties had alleged that the minister was alluding to Qureshi, one of the spokespersons during the media briefings relating to Operation Sindoor held by the external affairs ministry and the defence ministry.
On May 14, 2025, the Madhya...