Hyderabad: Charging the Congress with misusing CBI, BJP on Friday demanded a probe into the VVIP chopper deal by a Special Investigation Team monitored either by the Supreme Court or a parliamentary committee.
With accusing fingers also being pointed at itself, the main Opposition party said it had no problem with the probe covering the period when it was in power at the Centre.
“Congress is notoriously known for misusing CBI for partisan political ends. That’s why for BJP the suggestion of a CBI inquiry is not acceptable. Because, CBI has no credibility and the government’s intention is also doubtful,” senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters. He said the government talked about a CBI inquiry only after a case was filed over the issue in Italy and the “revelations” came to light that “payments were made to Indian middlemen also”.
He wanted to know why the government acted belatedly despite the issue being raised in Parliament in 2011 and BJP MP Prakash Javadekar writing to the Defence Minister. “We do not have confidence in CBI. Because we have seen how the CBI, the Governor’s institution, the Income Tax department, the Enforcement Directorate and all other organisations are being misused by the government. (PTI)
