Row erupts over Modi visiting CJI’s home for Ganesh Puja

NEW DELHI: A massive political row has erupted over a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud’s home for Ganesh Puja.

A section of opposition leaders have criticised the meeting, with one saying it sends an “uncomfortable message”. The ruling BJP has hit back, saying that attending Ganesh Puja is not a crime and judges and politicians share dais on many occasions.

The prime minister visited the Chief Justice’s Delhi residence for Ganesh Puja yesterday and received a warm welcome from him and his wife Kalpana Das. “Joined Ganesh Puja at the residence of CJI, Justice DY Chandrachud Ji. May Bhagwan Shri Ganesh bless us all with happiness, prosperity and wonderful health,” the prime minister said in a post on X and shared a photograph showing him, the Chief Justice and his wife praying before a Ganesh idol.

Sanjay Raut, Rajya Sabha MP and a leader of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) said such meetings raise doubts. He suggested that the Chief Justice of India should recuse himself from a case linked to the tussle between Shiv Sena UBT and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. “Look, it is Ganpati festival. How many people’s houses has the prime minister visited so far?.