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With Rajasthan scheduled to go to the polls to elect a new Assembly, the Congress’s dirty tricks department has shifted into top gear in order to hobble the BJP which is poised to sweep the State, the CBI has been made to file a bogus charge sheet against the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria in the alleged Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.
The BJP has lashed out at the Congress for misusing power by using the CBI for political witch-hunting.
Rejecting all charges against Kataria, BJP president Rajnath Singh said the party stands behind him and will expose attempts of CBI and Congress both “legally and politically”.
BJP has levelled these charges against CBI at a juncture when the agency is facing heat from the Supreme Court for allowing changes to the draft status report in the coal scam case by then Law Minister Ashwani Kumar.
Rajnath, flanked by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and BJP Rajasthan unit chief Vasundhara Raje, said the charges against Kataria are part of a “well-planned conspiracy”.
“CBI’s charge sheet against Kataria smacks of a political vendetta. The CBI is working at the behest of Congress to implicate its BJP leaders under a well-planned conspiracy. The party will fight it politically and legally,” he said addressing a Press conference in the national capital.
“The CBI charge sheet against Kataria is without any basis. He is known for his propriety and credibility. There is not a shred of truthful evidence against him. The case is being pursued by CBI with the intention of implicating senior BJP leaders at the behest of the Congress,” Jaitley said.
Jaitley, an eminent lawyer, maintained that CBI’s supplementary charge sheet in the Sohrabuddin case against Kataria, who was Rajasthan Home Minister when the encounter took place, is the third such instance of the investigating agency trying to implicate a BJP leader.
He cited the case of former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah and Rajendra Rathore in the Dara Singh encounter case. Jaitley showed CBI documents to prove that the agency had aimed at “implicating” Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi through Shah in 2010.
Rajasthan BJP president Vasundhara Raje said, “Kataria is innocent. The party stands by him.”
Referring to the Railgate scam, Jaitley said though the evidence against the former Railway Minister PK Bansal is “100 times more”, yet the agency is going soft on him.
The senior BJP leader dubbed as an eyewash the setting up of a Group of Ministers to draft a new Bill to insulate the CBI from political interference.
Jaitley said the issue of autonomy of CBI has been discussed at length in the debate over the Lokpal Bill as well as during the meeting of the select committee of the Upper House.
He said the Select Committee has already given its recommendation on the matter and the Union Cabinet has approved most of these.
Jaitley said there were differences between the Government and the Opposition on certain points, but there was a broad agreement on most of the issues regarding autonomy of CBI.
“The new Group of Ministers on autonomy for CBI is an eyewash. There is no need to start afresh,” Jaitley said, adding the Lokpal Bill passed by Lok Sabha also has provisions on autonomy to CBI by amending the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act.
The BJP has alleged that the ruling UPA not only indulged in rampant corruption but was also desperately trying to cover up its “misdeeds”.
“The Congress-led UPA Government is trying to subvert and undermine the authority of the three pillars of democracy — the executive, the legislature and judiciary,” party’s national spokesman Sudhanshu Trivedi said addressing reporters in Hyderabad.
Trivedi said that the confidence of people in the entire establishment has been severely damaged and cannot be restored by mere resignation of two Union Ministers.
“It is unfortunate and painful that instead of introspection, senior leaders of the ruling Congress are making objectionable remarks about the Supreme Court and are not sparing even the highest and one of the most respected institutions of the land,” he said.
“How can a healthy democracy survive when the ruling party at the Centre is trying to subvert and undermine all democratic institutions, that too with the alleged involvement of Prime Minister’s Office,” Trivedi said.
With Rajasthan scheduled to go to the polls to elect a new Assembly, the Congress’s dirty tricks department has shifted into top gear in order to hobble the BJP which is poised to sweep the State, the CBI has been made to file a bogus charge sheet against the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria in the alleged Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.
The BJP has lashed out at the Congress for misusing power by using the CBI for political witch-hunting.
Rejecting all charges against Kataria, BJP president Rajnath Singh said the party stands behind him and will expose attempts of CBI and Congress both “legally and politically”.
BJP has levelled these charges against CBI at a juncture when the agency is facing heat from the Supreme Court for allowing changes to the draft status report in the coal scam case by then Law Minister Ashwani Kumar.
Rajnath, flanked by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and BJP Rajasthan unit chief Vasundhara Raje, said the charges against Kataria are part of a “well-planned conspiracy”.
Rajasthan BJP leader Kataria claims innocence in Sohrabuddin case
“CBI’s charge sheet against Kataria smacks of a political vendetta. The CBI is working at the behest of Congress to implicate its BJP leaders under a well-planned conspiracy. The party will fight it politically and legally,” he said addressing a Press conference in the national capital.
“The CBI charge sheet against Kataria is without any basis. He is known for his propriety and credibility. There is not a shred of truthful evidence against him. The case is being pursued by CBI with the intention of implicating senior BJP leaders at the behest of the Congress,” Jaitley said.
Jaitley, an eminent lawyer, maintained that CBI’s supplementary charge sheet in the Sohrabuddin case against Kataria, who was Rajasthan Home Minister when the encounter took place, is the third such instance of the investigating agency trying to implicate a BJP leader.
He cited the case of former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah and Rajendra Rathore in the Dara Singh encounter case. Jaitley showed CBI documents to prove that the agency had aimed at “implicating” Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi through Shah in 2010.
Rajasthan BJP president Vasundhara Raje said, “Kataria is innocent. The party stands by him.”
Referring to the Railgate scam, Jaitley said though the evidence against the former Railway Minister PK Bansal is “100 times more”, yet the agency is going soft on him.
The senior BJP leader dubbed as an eyewash the setting up of a Group of Ministers to draft a new Bill to insulate the CBI from political interference.
Jaitley said the issue of autonomy of CBI has been discussed at length in the debate over the Lokpal Bill as well as during the meeting of the select committee of the Upper House.
He said the Select Committee has already given its recommendation on the matter and the Union Cabinet has approved most of these.
Jaitley said there were differences between the Government and the Opposition on certain points, but there was a broad agreement on most of the issues regarding autonomy of CBI.
“The new Group of Ministers on autonomy for CBI is an eyewash. There is no need to start afresh,” Jaitley said, adding the Lokpal Bill passed by Lok Sabha also has provisions on autonomy to CBI by amending the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act.
The BJP has alleged that the ruling UPA not only indulged in rampant corruption but was also desperately trying to cover up its “misdeeds”.
“The Congress-led UPA Government is trying to subvert and undermine the authority of the three pillars of democracy — the executive, the legislature and judiciary,” party’s national spokesman Sudhanshu Trivedi said addressing reporters in Hyderabad.
Trivedi said that the confidence of people in the entire establishment has been severely damaged and cannot be restored by mere resignation of two Union Ministers.
“It is unfortunate and painful that instead of introspection, senior leaders of the ruling Congress are making objectionable remarks about the Supreme Court and are not sparing even the highest and one of the most respected institutions of the land,” he said.
“How can a healthy democracy survive when the ruling party at the Centre is trying to subvert and undermine all democratic institutions, that too with the alleged involvement of Prime Minister’s Office,” Trivedi said.
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