After Historic Sedition Order, Law Minister Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Jibe

Mr Rijiju hit out at Mr Gandhi, pointing out instances when the grand old party and its celebrated leaders were less than exemplars of free speech.

The Supreme Court's historic and significant order on the colonial-era sedition law in the country a few hours back has already triggered a war of words between the ruling BJP and opposition Congress. In a series of tweets, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju called the Congress "the antithesis of freedom, democracy and respect for institutions" after former Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the Centre over "crushing the truth". सच बोलना देशभक्ति है, देशद्रोह नहीं।सच कहना देश प्रेम है, देशद्रोह नहीं।सच सुनना राजधर्म है,सच कुचलना राजहठ है।डरो मत! pic.twitter.com/AvbWVxKh6p Empty words by @RahulGandhiIf there is one party that is the antithesis of freedom, democracy and respect for institutions, it is the Indian National Congress.This Party has always stood with Breaking India forces and left no opportunity to divide India. https://t.co/Rajl1pG2v8 AndWhen it comes to trampling over free speech, Mrs Indira Gandhi Ji is a Gold Medal Winner! We all know about the Emergency but do you also know she imposed Article 356 over 50 times! She came up with the idea of a “Committed Judiciary” to weaken the Judiciary, our 3rd pillar!

The controversial sedition law will be paused while the government reviews it, the court said today and allowed those jailed for sedition to approach courts for bail. The Centre had argued against the stay on the law, arguing that it would review it and a police officer of the level of Superintendent or above could decide whether a sedition charge should be filed in the meanwhile.

Rahul Gandhi immediately took to Twitter to share the news while training his guns on the BJP-led union government, without naming anyone. 

"Speaking the truth is patriotism, not treason. Speaking the truth is love for the nation, not treason. Listening to the truth is the duty to the nation. Crushing the truth is arrogance towards the nation," he wrote in Hindi while sharing the news.