Ensure there’s no political bias in judiciary, Mamata Banerjee tells judges.

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said judiciary must be absolutely pure, honest and sacred.West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday requested judges of the Supreme Court, high court and lower courts at a programme in Kolkata to ensure that the judiciary is free from any political biasedness.“My humble request to all of you. This is my kind submission. Please see that there is no political biasedness in the judiciary. Judiciary must be pure. Absolutely pure. Honest and sacred,” Banerjee said.She was addressing a programme organised by the National Judicial Academy and the Calcutta high court. The program was attended by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and chief justice of the Calcutta high court TS Sivagnanam among others.“If the judiciary can’t help the common citizens, where will they get the justice? When there are any atrocities, we think with great hope that only the judiciary can solve the problem. We think that the judiciary is the biggest pillar which will help to save democracy and the Constitution,” she added.In the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, top leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress, including the party supremo, had often alleged that a section of the judiciary was acting under the influence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.“I want to assure all eligible individuals who lost their jobs that the TMC will stand beside them during these challenging times. We will not allow any deserving candidate to suffer. This move by a section of the judiciary, seemingly influenced by the BJP, is condemnable,” Abhishek Banerjee, TMC national general secretary, had said while addressing a rally in East Midnapore during the Lok Sabha polls.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had slammed the TMC from a rally for attacking the judiciary over the recent verdict of the Calcutta high court on scrapping of OBC certificates awarded by the Mamata Banerjee government.“I want to ask the TMC whether they would now unleash its goons on the judges. The entire nation is seeing how the TMC is throttling the judiciary,” Modi said while addressing a BJP rally in North 24 Parganas.