CBI being used to suppress voice of dissent’

CBI being used to suppress voice of dissent’


AHMEDABAD MIRROR BUREAU


The BJP took out protest rallies across the state against the Congress and its alleged misuse of the CBI. Activists also raised slogans against the CBI.
The party claimed that the investigating agency is being used as a tool to subdue any voice of dissent to the UPA, and that it is systematically targeting leaders of the opposition, particularly those belonging to the BJP, the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janta Dal.
“A national investigating agency, which must operate in an objective, unbiased manner has been taking sides and is working as a private company of the ruling government,” said a BJP activist. The demonstrations in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara Mehsana and Gandhinagar were in retaliation to the “harassment and blackmailing” by the CBI.
“The policemen are being hounded in Gujarat, and the CBI is taking charge of all investigations in the state. Why are they doing this? Does the task of managing day-to-day affairs of Gujarat come under the purview of the CBI?” remarked Purushottam Rupala, vice president of the party’s Gujarat cell.
“We don’t want to impede the probe, the CBI’s misuse should stop,” he said, but failed to explain what he meant by ‘misuse’.
When asked if BJP would approach Supreme Court if its finds the probe unsatisfactory, Rupala said the party’s legal cell will answer this. He said that there have been some wrong incidents in the state, but the party cannot be blamed for all of them.