Opposition has turned bankrupt: Javadekar

The opposition has turned bankrupt, having no issues to raise against the Modi government, said Union minister Prakash Javadekar while rejecting claims of political vendetta by some parties.

In an interaction with PTI, Javadekar rejected the opposition charge of "witch-hunt and political vendatta" by his government against its opponents and said it was the courts, not the government that had put some political leaders in the jail.

"That is absolutely baseless and bogus criticism. There are no charges against the government. The opposition has gone bankrupt," he said.

"Who gives bail or does not grant grant bail. It is the courts and courts are not the government, which have given the ruling," he said.

The Information and Broadcasting Minister said the courts rejected the bail plea of the leaders because they found a prima-facie case against them.

Therefore, "when they think that somebody might influence the investigation or witnesses", they keep him in the jail, he said, adding that ..