MP Cong urges Chief Justice not to attend conference

Indore, Apr 19 (UNI) The Madhya Pradesh Congress has urged Supreme Court Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan to turn down an invitation to a former judges' two-day conference scheduled to begin here on April 21.

''The Organising Committee Vice-Chairman is Ms Asha Vijayvargiya while her husband and state Public Works Minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya, will be the Chief Guest. Ms Vijayvargiya has never served as judge,'' said Congress spokesman K K Mishra.

He urged the Chief Justice to order a CBI inquiry into the sources of the programme's funds.

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