Govt's claim of victory in re-election of Dalveer Bhandari to ICJ is hillarious: Congress

Congress today downplayed the re-election of Dalveer Bhandari to the International Court of Justice saying it was as per expectations.

Congress leader Anand Sharma went ahead and slammed the government for portraying the event as a victory of Narendra Modi.

Mr Bhandari was elected even before so for the govt to claims that it is unprecedented, is hilarious, Sharma told Times Now.


He said that India has earned its reputation even before Narendra Modi became prime minister.

Earlier, BJP president Amit Shah termed re-election of Bhandari as a personal victory of PM Modi.

Bhandari was today re-elected to the ICJ as the General Assembly overwhelmingly threw its weight behind him, forcing Britain to withdraw its candidate from a hard-fought race to the World Court.

Bhandari and UK's Christopher Greenwood were locked in a neck-and-neck fight for re-election as the UN could not decide between them after electing four out of five judges to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Bhandari, 70, received 183-193 votes in the General Assembly and secured all 15 votes in the Security Council to fill the final vacancy on the ICJ after separate but simultaneous elections were held at the UN headquarters in New York.

Meanwhile, talking to Times Now, Nisha Sancheti - the daughter of Bhandari - said that it is a matter of pride for India.