The BJP on Wednesday reiterated its demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to facilitate a free and fair probe in Coalgate. The Opposition’s demand came a day after the CBI questioned two ex-officials of the PMO in connection with the scandal.
“It is such an irony that the same CBI which reports to the PM is now directly investigating the PMO on the actions of the PM who is still in office. To facilitate a free and fair investigation Manmohan Singh must step aside. It will be in the interest of the nation that truth on this matter,” BJP spokesperson Meenakshi lekhi told reporters.
Stating that it will be in the interest of the nation that truth on this matter must come out expeditiously, lekhi said it was to be investigated whether PM acted of his own or was part of a larger conspiracy and was only complying with his role.
“As neither the mandatory procedure was followed and nor the back ground checks were performed, before allocating the Coal blocks to the companies. Only after the interrogation of the tainted PM the details of the conspiracy will be unravelled,” she said.
She also accused the Congress-led Government of misusing the CBI to settle scores with the Gujarat Government in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. “CBI is acting as a private militia of the Congress party in so far as the Ishrat Jahan case is concerned. The whole case is a political conspiracy to discredit
the anti-terror machinery of Central and State Governments. The High Court in its recent verdict has questioned CBI’s timing of the charge sheet. It proves political conspiracy,” she claimed.