A senior leader of NCP, the second largest UPA ally, today backed Rahul Gandhi on the issue of the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers.
"I entirely agree with Rahul Gandhi. But it is my personal opinion," NCP chief spokesman D P Tripathi said when asked about Rahul denouncing the ordinance as "complete nonsense" and saying what "our government has done is wrong".
Making a surprise brief appearance at a meet-the-press programme of his party's general secretary Ajay Maken at the Press Club here, Rahul said the ordinance should be "torn up and thrown away".
