Shah, Nadda meet Birla amid row over justice Varma impeachment

Union home minister Amit Shah, leader of the Rajya Sabha and health minister JP Nadda and parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday, with the meeting coming amid a buzz that government might ignore the notice signed by 63 Rajya Sabha members for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma and stick to its plan to push the impeachment process through the Lok Sabha.

- HT Correspondent

The three senior BJP leaders’ meeting with the Lok Sabha speaker was followed by another marathon meeting between Birla and Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh.

Officials indicated that the government does not want to sit on the issue and may urge the presiding officers to start the impeachment process by appointing a committee of jurists to look into the allegations against the high court judge, from whose Delhi residence a wad of cash was allegedly recovered in March, give a report to Parliament.