Opposition parties on Saturday attacked the Government over CBI’s decision to close a disproportionate asset case against Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav alleging the agency was being used as a tool to further political interests.
The BJP claimed the Congress was behind the move to elicit the support of the UP-based party for its Food Security Bill. It charged that the Congress had some understanding with the Samajwadi Party in the present lok Sabha and whenever it has to get the support of the party for the passage of a Bill or a resolution, the Government uses CBI against Yadav.
“The SP and the BSP are then left by the Congress to fend for themselves. Mulayam Singh Yadav was opposed to the Food Security Bill and said it will not benefit farmers,” BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said, adding the SP chief should clarify why he is supporting the legislation now.
The BJP said CBI’s decision to file the closure report may have prompted the SP to say it will support the Bill. latest reports, however, suggest that Yadav may oppose it in the Parliament.Biju Janata Dal’s Baijayant Panda said it was not good to use CBI as a political tool. “We hope that the Supreme Court will take a view on this and not let it happen,” he said. Atul Anjan of CPI said the CBI is once again in the centre of a discussion on “whether it will act to the wishes of Congress party”.