Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has filed a petition before Calcutta High Court seeking transfer of all criminal cases registered against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The BJP leader who was currently in Delhi to meet Home Minister Amit Shah said that there was a politics of vendetta going on in Bengal and he was being made a prime target of that “political vendetta.”
Mr Adhikari also prayed for an order of quashing of FIRs registered against him by the state police.
He said that the writ petition seeking transfer of the criminal cases against him to the CBI for an “impartial investigation,” adding, there was no law and order and rule of law in Bengal. “The CID has been planted against me to harass me … not only me but all the BJP men are being attacked and harassed,” he said.
On the question of post poll violence he said whatever had been submitted before the High Court by the National Human Rights Commission was only tip of the iceberg and “there are more atrocities being perpetrated on our men … the post-poll violence has not stopped … it is still continuing.”