SC hits out at BJP youth wing leader

The Supreme Court has reacted sharply while hearing a plea by BJP youth wing member, Yogesh Varshney, who had allegedly put a bounty on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Varshney's plea o stay his prosecution in the case, was dismissed by the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Rangan Gogoi. The bench, which also comprised of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, refused to entertain Varshney's request to transfer all FIRs to one court. Justice Gupta also said that the statements about bounty on a chief minister's head was a “serious matter”. The judge said, “If you have the guts to threaten someone, then have the guts to face the charges too. You threaten a constitutional authority, put a bounty on her head and then want us to help you. We don't hear such people.”