December 15, 2014
Trinamool protests against the misuse of the CBI by the Centre for political vendetta
Trinamool MPs today protested at the entrance of Parliament House against the vindictive politics of the BJP. MPs carried placards displaying slogans against the use of the CBI by the Government to target TMC leaders.
Even inside the House, the TMC MPs demanded suspension of Question Hour to take up discussion on the political vendetta by the BJP. In the Rajya Sabha, Trinamool MPs rushed to the well.
What Trinamool MPs said:
Trinamool MP and Chief Whip in the Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien, said, “The president of the BJP is writing scripts for the CBI. The CBI is being used for political vendetta.”
Sukhendu Sekhar Ray said, “The CBI is following the directions of the party functionaries of the BJP. The CBI is reporting to the PMO. In February this year, a complaint had been made against a Delhi-based company for cheating people of Rs 47,000 crore. Not a single arrest has been made.”
In the Lok Sabha, Saugata Roy said, “The CBI is a premier investigation agency of the country, but in the past, when the ruling party was in the Opposition, they used to call the CBI – Congress Bureau of Investigation. The Supreme Court has called the CBI a ‘caged parrot’. The former director of the CBI, Ranjit Sinha, was asked to recuse from the investigation of the 2G scam. Now, the CBI, on the instigation of those in power, the president of the ruling party, has launched an assault on the West Bengal Government. Now they are trying to subjugate the State Government by arresting the leader of the TMC. We want to state that the CBI has to be removed from the control of the Prime Minister. It is being used politically.”
TMC MPs protesting in Parliament
