Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that the CBI was performing its duty and acting in accordance with the law and that the Government and the BJP have no role in the raids by the investigating agency against former Bihar Chief Minister lalu Prasad Yadav and his family.
"What is political vendettaIJ Where is BJP in thisIJ I am not able to understand. Do you mean to say that anybody against whom any charge is there, it should not be inquired into at allIJ" Naidu asked.
"CBI is doing its duty and it is allowed to do so. Earlier it was not allowed... After our government came there is no interference and that is why CBI is free and acting as per the mandate given to it...," he told newspersons.
The raids against the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and his family started at 7 am on Friday and were conducted at 12 locations in Patna, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Gurugram after the investigating agency registered a corruption case.