India, April 19 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) of deliberately targeting the Supreme Court, following remarks by party MP Nishikant Dubey.

Ramesh said the ruling party is trying to "weaken" the apex court because it has held the government accountable on key issues such as electoral bonds.

"They are trying to weaken the Supreme Court. The BJP is engaged in cutting down and undermining the powers that the Constitution grants to the Supreme Court," Ramesh told reporters.

"Constitutional functionaries, ministers, BJP MPs are speaking against the Supreme Court simply because it is saying that laws must not violate the basic structure of the Constitution," he added.

He said that the Congr...