BJP stages nationwide protest against misuse of CBI
New Delhi/ Gandhinagar (Gujarat): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a nationwide
protest on Wednesday against the alleged misuse of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Congress-led
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government. The BJP supporters and activists
in the capital raised slogans against the Government and described CBI as the
'Corrupt Bureau of Investigation and Congress Bureau of Investigation'. They claimed
that the CBI is being used as a tool to pressurize 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 (SP) and the Rashtriya Janta Dal
(RJD). "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 BJP organized the demonstrations in retaliation
to alleged 'harassment and blackmailing' by the CBI, claiming that the agency
operates under the directions of the UPA. "CBI must be regulated and granted the
status of an autonomous, constitutional body akin the Election Commission so that
no government can misuse the agency," said BJP leader Vijay Goel. BJP activists
staged a massive protest in Gujarat's Gandhinagar city. "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 BJP's Gujarat cell.
